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Selous (Edmund), viv. 
This author’s Bird Life Glimpses comprises the result of 
observations made at Icklingham in Suffolk. It is illustrated 
with 12 headings and 6 full-page illustrations by G. E. Lodge. 
He has also written Beautiful Birds and several other books 
of a popular nature. 
1899. An observational diary of the habits of Nightjars, mostly of a 
setting pair. ( Zoologist , pp. 388-402, 486-505.) 
1900. An observational diary of the habits of the Great Plover during 
September and October. (Op. cit. pp. 173-85, 270-77, 458-76.) 
1901. An observational diary of the habits — mostly domestic — of the 
Great Crested Grebe and of the Peewit. (Qp. cit., 1901, 
pp. 161-83, 339-50, 454-62 ; 1902, pp. 133-44.) 
1902. Variations in colouring of Stercararius crepidatus. ( Zoologist , 
pp. 368-73.) 
1905. The Bird Watcher in the Shetlands. With some notes on Seals — 
and digressions. Illustrated. London : 1905. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. 400. (Pub. 10s. 6d. net.) 
Bird Life Glimpses. London : 1905. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. 335, 6 plates. 
1906-8. Observations tending to throw light on the question of sexual 
selection in Birds, including a day-to-day diary on the breeding 
habits of the Buff. ( Zoologist , 1906, pp. 201-19, 285-94, 419-28.) 
Note on the same (Qp. cit., 1908, p. 191). 
1908. Some notes on a habit of the Great Spotted Woodpecker, etc. 
(Qp. cit. pp. 81-91.) 
1909-10. An observational diary on the nuptial habits of the Blackcock 
in Scandinavia and England. (Qp. cit., 1909, pp. 401-13 ; 1910, 
pp. 23-9, 51-6, 176-82, 248-65.) 
1912. An observational diary on domestic habits of Bed-throated Diver. 
(Qp. cit. pp. 81-96, 171-80, 210-19.) 
An observational diary on domestic habits of the Carrion Crow. 
(T.c. pp. 321-37, 393-6.) 
Service (Robert), 1854-1911 
Robert Service, the recognised authority on the avifauna 
of the Solway area, was born on May 23, 1854, at Nether 
Place, near Mauchline, Ayrshire, where his father, James 
Service, was gardener to Lord Justice Clerk Hope. He was 
educated at the Old Free Kirk School in Maxwelltown, where 
his father had then established the nursery business which 
