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Simeon (Cornwall), 1820-1880 
This author, third son of Sir Richard Godin Simeon, 
2nd Bart., was born Feb. 5, 1820; educated at Christ 
Church, Oxford (B.A. 1842, M.A. 1844) ; died at St. John’s, 
Bishopstoke, March 18, 1880. 
Part I. of the undernoted work is devoted to Fishing, 
and Part II. to Natural History, the latter including a 
chapter on rare birds in the Isle of Wight, as well as numerous 
observations on bird life in Scotland and elsewhere. 
1860. Stray Notes on Pishing and Natural History. Cambridge and 
London : 1860. 
Collation — 1 vol. post 8vo, pp. xx + pp. 263. 
Includes numerous observations on birds. 
Simpson (Alexander Nicol), viv. 
Mr. Simpson, a Fellow of the Zoological Society, has also 
written Familiar Scottish Animals , British Reptiles and 
Amphibians (1913), British Land Mammals (1911), and other 
popular works. 
1894. Sketches in Angus. Arbroath (Arbroath Herald Office), 1894. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. 248. 
Contains chapters on “ Feathered Bandits,” “ The Peregrine 
of the Hills,” etc. 
1905. Familiar Scottish Birds. Paisley (A. Gardner) : 1905. 
Collation— 1 vol. 12mo, pp. 160. (Pub. 2s.) 
Sinclair (Sir John), 1754-1835 
The Right Hon. Sir John Sinclair, first baronet and 
President of the Board of Agriculture, cannot be considered 
an ornithological writer, but as the undermentioned work 
was compiled by him, or under his direction, he claims a 
notice here. He was born May 10, 1754, at Thurso Castle, 
Caithness, being the third and eldest surviving son of George 
Sinclair of Ulbster, whose ancestors had held the earldoms 
of Caithness and Orkney. He was educated at the High 
School of Edinburgh and at the Universities of Edinburgh, 
Glasgow, and Oxford. He read for the law, but with no 
intention of practising, and in 1782 was called to the English 
