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passed tlie necessary examinations in medicine and surgery 
at University College, London, and for a time practised as 
a surgeon ; but ultimately bis natural tastes led bim to 
abandon the profession. His best known works are bis 
Pigeons ( 1868 ), Poultry ( 1873 ), and Pheasants ( vide infra), 
but be also wrote several smaller works, which are still 
esteemed. His edition of Blyth’s Natural History of the 
Cranes ( 1881 ) was enlarged and reprinted from Blyth’s articles 
in the Field. Darwin acknowledged his assistance in the 
preparation of two of his works, and it is interesting to 
learn that they were first introduced to one another by 
Yarrell. Tegetmeier before his death possessed over 160 
letters from Darwin, chiefly bearing on the subject of evolu- 
tion and variation, in which they were both interested. He 
was for over fifty years editor of the poultry and pigeon 
columns in the Field, and also did much journalistic work 
for the Queen and other journals. He died at his son’s house 
at West Hampstead on November 12 , 1912 , at the great age 
of ninety-six. 
*1873. Pheasants for Coverts and Aviaries. Illustrated with full-page 
engravings drawn from life by T. W. Wood. London (H. Cox) : 
1873. 
Collation — 1 vol. roy. 4to, pp. vi un. +pp. 122, 8 col. and 
3 uncol. pi., also text cuts. (Pub. 12s.) 
*1881. Pheasants, their Natural History and Practical Management. 
2nd edit., greatly enlarged, illustrated with full-page engravings 
drawn from life by T. W. Wood. Ib. : 1881. 
Collation — 1 vol. roy. 4to, pp. iv + pp. 142, with ill. (Pub. 15s.) 
Idem. 3rd edit., enlarged. With engravings by Millais, 
Prohawk, Wood, Smith, etc. Ib. : 1897. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. lx + pp. 237, with ill. (Pub. 7s. 6d.) 
Idem. 4th edit., enlarged. Ib. : 1904. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. xii + pp. 255, with col. front, and 
title. (Pub. 7s. 6d.) 
Idem. 5th edit., enlarged. Ib. : 1911. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. xii +pp. 268, with col. pi. 
1888. Pallas’s Sand-Grouse, its Natural History, with a Plea for its 
Preservation. London : 1888. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. 24, with col. pi. and woodcuts. 
