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by bis acquaintance with John Tong, assistant falconer to the 
celebrated Colonel Thornton. In 1843 he made a hawking 
tour with John Pells through the north of England. He kept 
hawks while with his regiment in different parts of Ireland, 
and was a prominent member of the old Hawking Club which 
met on the Wiltshire Downs. He was the first, also, to revive 
in England the ancient practice of fishing with Cormorants. 
He was a frequent contributor to the Field. He died on 
October 2, 1904, at the Manor House, Sutton Park, Guildford, 
and was buried in St. Edward’s Cemetery, Sutton Park. He 
was never married. 
1855. [With W. Brodrick.] Falconry in the British Isles. London : 
1855. 4to. 
Idem. 2nd edit. Ib. : 1873. 4to. 
See under Brodrick (William). 
1859. [With G. E. Freeman.] Falconry, its claims, history and practice. 
To which are added remarks on training the 0,tter and Cormorant, 
by Capt. F. H. Salvin. London : 1859. Post 8vo. 
See under Freeman (G. E.). 
Salvin (Osbert), 1835-98 
Osbert Salvin was the second son of Mr. Anthony Salvin, 
architect, of Hawksfold, in Sussex. Born February 25, 1835, 
he was educated at Westminster and afterwards at Trinity 
Hall, Cambridge. Shortly after taking his degree (B.A. 1857, 
M.A. 1860), he went, in company with Mr. W. Hudle- 
stone Simpson (now Hudleston) to join the Rev. H. B. 
Tristram in studying the natural history of Tunisia and 
Eastern Algeria. An account of this expedition appeared 
in the first volume of the Ibis (1859) under the title of “ Five 
Months’ Birds’ -nesting in the Eastern Atlas.” 
Another paper in the same volume, written by him in 
conjunction with Sclater, was on the “ Ornithology of Central 
America,” Salvin having made the first of several visits to 
Guatemala in 1857, the second being in 1859. In 1861 he 
returned to Guatemala in company with his lifelong friend, 
Mr. F. D. Godman. It was during this journey that the 
“ Biologia Centrali- Americana ” was planned by the two 
