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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OP 
[STEELE-ELLIOTT 
Stead (J ), ca. 1797 
Of this writer, who was presumably a bird dealer, we 
have been unable to glean any information. His book is of 
quite minor importance. 
1797. Description | and | Natural History | of | English Song-birds | with 
| Proper directions | for taking, rearing, and breeding | the 
same | To which is prefixed, by way of | introduction, a | 
General History | of the | Feathered tribe. | London : | Printed 
for the author and sold by | T. M. Longman, Paternoster Row | 
and W. Lane, Leaden-Hall [ Street | — | 1797. 
Collation — 1 vol. 12mo, pp. xii + pp. 59, 3 pi. 
. Steele-Elliott (Jannion), nat. 1871 
Mr. J. Steele-Elliott, now of Dowles Manor, Bewdley, was 
born in Midland Hoad, Bedford, May 25, 1871, and educated 
at Bedford Modern School. He devoted much attention to 
the fauna of his native county, and in 1897 commenced the 
issue of The Vertebrate Fauna of Bedfordshire, which, however, 
he discontinued after the issue of pt. 5, completing the birds. 
1895. Observations on the Fauna of St. Kilda. (Zoologist, pp. 282-6.) 
[1897-1901.] The Vertebrate Fauna of Bedfordshire. [Printed for 
Private circulation.] Birmingham : Printed by Robert Birkbeck 
& Sons, 313 Broad Street, n.d. 
Collation — Pts. I.-V., 8vo (all published, comprising the Birds). 
Pt. L, June 1897, pp. i-viii and 1-24, including title and preface ; 
Pt. II., Dec. 1898, pp. 25-73 ; Pt. III., Dec. 1899, pp. 74-113 ; 
Pt. IV., Dec. 1900, pp. 114-71 ; Pt. V., June 1901, pp. 172-215. 
Only 150 copies were printed. 
1900. Nesting of the Great Tit, the Common Sparrow and the Starling. 
(Zoologist, pp. 423-6.) 
Some Notes on the Swift. (T.c. pp. 479-81.) 
1901. Notes on the Swift and the Number of Days taken in Incubation. 
(Op. cit. pp. 473-4.) 
1904. Aves. [In Victoria History of the County of Bedford, i. pp. 104-37.] 
London : 1904. 4to. 
1906. Some Notes on the Birds of Donegal. (Zoologist, pp. 153-4.) 
Extracts from Churchwardens’ Accounts of Bedfordshire. (T.c. 
pp. 161-7, 253-65.) 
1909. Notes on the Nesting of the Sparrow-Hawk. (Op. cit. pp. 467-8.) 
1912. Some Notes on the Nesting of the Tawny Owl. (Zoologist, pp. 
293-7.) 
