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journal, but had to bring it to a close at the end of the year 
through lack of leisure. From 1896 to 1906 he edited the 
Naturalist's Directory (Upcott Gill). In 1899 he prepared 
for the press a volume of Essays and Nature Studies by his 
friend Mr. W. J. C. Miller. A few years later he went into 
the bookselling business and became a partner in a firm of 
natural history booksellers. In recent years he has worked 
at the undernoted Dictionary of Bird-Names and assisted 
Mr. Charles Chubb in compiling his List of South American 
Birds (forming vol. i. of The Birds of South America). 
1892. Bird Life on Epsom Common. {Nat. Jour. i. pp. 4-5.) 
Skinning and JVtounting Birds. ( T.c. pp. 8-10, 21-22.) 
1893. The Birds of London. London (Sonnenschein) : 1893. 
Collation — 1 vol. f’cap 8vo, pp. xv+pp. 136. (Pub. 2s.) 
Winter Notes from Epsom. {Nat. Jour. i. pp. 100-1.) 
1894. April in a London Park. {Op. cit. iii. pp. 26-7.) 
*1894. Strix flammea (the Barn Owl) and its varieties. {T.c. pp. 80-2, 
107-8, 131-2.) 
1895. Our Feathered Friends and Foes. {Op. cit. iv. pp. 34-6, 93-5, 
97-8, 124-6.) 
*1895. The American Goshawk. {T.c. pp. 149-50, 187-8.) 
1896. A Concise Handbook of British Birds. London (Wheldon) : 1896. 
Collation — 1 vol. f’cap 8vo, pp. viii + pp. 210. (Pub. 3s. 6d. 
net.) 
The American Bobin. {Ornithologist, i. pp. 101-4.) 
[With H. S. Davenport and W. J. Horn.] Nesting Habits of the 
Willow- Warbler and Chiffchaff. {T.c. pp. 155-60.) 
1899. [Edited by.] Essays and Nature Studies, with Lectures. By 
W. J. C. Miller. London (Bale) : 1899. 
[dee under Miller (W. J. C.).] 
1900. Nidology of the Cuckoo. {Science Gossip, N.S. vi. pp. 355-7.) 
1903. [Edited by.] Morris’s British Birds. Fifth Edition. 6 vols. roy. 
8vo. London : 1903. 
[dee under Morris (F. O.).] 
1913. A Dictionary of English and Folk-Names of British Birds, With 
their History, Meaning and first usage ; and the Folk-lore, 
Weather-lore, Legends, etc., relating to the more familiar species. 
London (Witherby) : 1913. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. xii +pp. 266. Preface dated Dec. 12, 
1912. 
