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SoWERBY (J G ) 
J. G. Sowerby is a book illustrator, and the under- 
mentioned work is illustrated in black and white by himself. 
It is of very slight ornithological interest. 
1895. Rooks and their Neighbours. 4th edit. London : 1895. 
Collation — 1 vol. roy. 8vo, pp. 169, with 28 illustrations. 
(Pub. 6s. net.) 
Idem. 1st and 3rd editions. Not seen. 2nd edit. 1895. 
Spalding (T M ■), cct. 1846 
T. M. Spalding, of Broome, near Bungay, was, according 
to Mr. Miller Christy ( Birds of Essex , Intro.), father of 
Frederick Spalding, Curator of Colchester Museum. The 
undernoted list is a mere catalogue of species extending to 
a little more than 4 pp. 
1846. List of Birds rarely and occasionally met with in the County of 
Suffolk. [In Rev. Alfred Suckling’s History and Antiquities of 
the County of Suffolk, i. pp. xxxv-xxxix.] London : 1846. Folio. 
Speedy (Tom), viv. 
This author’s books are mostly of a sporting nature, but 
the one undernoted contains the fauna and flora of the 
district, the birds being dealt with at some length. 
1892. Craigmillar and its Environs. With notices of the Topography, 
Natural History, and Antiquities of the district. Selkirk : 1892. 
Collation — 1 vol. sm. 4to, pp. xv + pp. 248, illus. 
Avifauna at pp. 80-123, with figs. 
Spelman (William W.) 
A copy of the undermentioned catalogue of a private 
collection is in the Zoological Society’s Library. 
1888. A descriptive Catalogue of William W. Spelman’s Collection of 
Birds shot in Norfolk and Suffolk prior to October 1888. Brun- 
dall (privately printed) : 1888. 
Collation — pamphlet 8vo, pp. 21 un. 
Spence (Robert F.) 
Regarding this author’s unfinished work, which appears 
to have been partly set up in type but never published, 
