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It has already been mentioned that Seebohm compiled the 
fifth volume of the British Museum Catalogue of Birds , and 
he showed his further interest in the national collection by 
presenting to it his own fine collection, numbering over 
16,000 specimens, and being particularly rich in Turdidae. 
He was a Fellow of the Zoological Society (1873), the Linnean 
Society (1879), and the Royal Geographical Society (1878), 
and Secretary of the latter society from 1890 to 1895. 
1877. On the Phylloscopi or Willow Warblers. (Ibis, pp. 66-108.) 
1879. Remarks on the genus Sylvia, and on the synonymy of the species. 
(Ibis, pp. 308-17.) 
Remarks on Certain Points in Ornithological Nomenclature. 
(T.c. pp. 428-37.) 
1883. Great Grey Shrike in Scotland. (Proc. Phys. Soc. Edin. vii. pp. 
223-4.) 
“ Fugitive Observations.” 8vo, 2 pp. (Ibis, Addenda.) 
1883-85. A History of British Birds, with Coloured Illustrations of their 
Eggs. London : 1883-5. 
Collation — Text, 3 vols. Plates (lxviii), 1 vol. roy. 8vo. Issued 
in 6 parts at 21s. each. Pts. I. -III. (1883), pp. i-xvi + pp. 1-614, 
of Vol. I. ; pp. 1-288 of Vol. II., and pi. i-x, xii-xvii, xix-xxx, 
xxxvi-xxxviii ; Pt. IV. (1884), pp. 289-600 of Vol. II., and 
pi. xxxii-xxxv, xxxix-xlv ; Pts. V.-VI. (1885), pp. i-xxiv + pp. 
1-684 of Vol. III., Intro, list plates (pp. 1-18), appdx., indices, 
pi. xxxi, xlvi-lxviii. 
The plates were lithographed by Hanhart. 
1896. Idem. Text of above edition, with the Paris printed plates, 4 vols. 
roy. 8vo. London (Nimmo) : 1896. 
Issued in 4 vols., green cloth, price £5 : 5s. 
Idem. Reissue, 1904, of the vol. of Plates : British Birds’ 
Eggs Coloured Illustrations of 560 Eggs with occasional notes 
London (Routledge) 1904 (no punctuation on title). 
This was a reissue of the Plates to the 1896 edition printed 
by Lemercier of Paris, and was limited to 110 copies. 
Collation — 1 vol. roy. 8vo, pp. 16 (of text), and 68 coloured 
plates. 
1884. Troglodytes hirtensis, sp. n. St. Kilda. (Zoologist, pp. 333-5.) 
1885. The Nests and Eggs of Birds. (Trans. Herts. Soc. iii. pp. 255-60.) 
1886. The Black-throated Wheatear (Saxicola stapazina ) and its allies. 
(Zoologist, pp. 193-5.) 
1887. Birds’ Nests and Eggs. [On reasons for colouring of Eggs.] 
(Zoologist, pp. 137-9.) 
On the Breeding of Arctic Birds in Scotland. (T.c. pp. 21-3.) 
