Thompson] 
BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 
577 
work contains a “ List of the more rare Birds of Kent ” 
and other ornithological matter. 
1845. The | Note-Book j of | A Naturalist. | By | E. P. Thompson. | 
[Quot. 2 lines.] | London : | Smith, Elder & Co., | 65, Cornhill. j 
1845. 
Collation — 1 vol. post 8vo, pp. xii +pp. 275, with engr. title. 
Contains essays on the Migration of Birds ; the Bobin ; Nests 
of Birds, etc., while the last item, “ Miscellanea,” contains a 
“ List of the more rare Birds of Kent ” (pp. 264-6). 
Thompson (William), fl . 1780-1810 ? 
This writer, who is described as “ late gardener to the Duke 
of Ancaster, and author of New Gardener's Calendar , was 
also editor of the New and Complete Pig eon- Fancier (1805), 
a new edition of Girton’s work which appeared in 1799 (same 
title). He informs us that he has “ made the management 
of Birds his favourite Study upwards of Twenty years.” 
[1780 ?] The New and Complete | Bird-Eancyer ; | or | Bird-Eancyer’s 
Becreation and Delight. | Containing the Newest and | Very 
Best Instructions | for | Catching, taking, feeding, rearing, &c., | 
all the Various Sorts of | Song-Birds, | Particularly, | [etc. 13 
lines] | The whole Revised, Corrected, and Improved, | By Mr. 
William Thompson, | [etc. 3 lines] | Assisted by the most eminent 
Eancyers. | Embellished with a beautiful frontispiece, | elegantly 
designed and | executed. | London : | Printed for Alex. PXogg, at 
the Original | King’s-Arms, No. 16, Pater-Noster-Row. | (Price 
only one Shilling.) | n.d. 
Collation — 1 vol. 12mo, pp. i-iv + pp. iv un. +pp. 13-100 
(mispr. 200), with engr. front, containing figs, of 12 birds. 
Note . — The “ Introductory Preface ” is signed “ The Authors.” 
Idem. The | New and Complete | Bird-Fancier, | ... by 
Mr. William Thompson, | . . . assisted by G. Wright, Esq. . . . 
| A New Edition. . . , | London : | (Hogg, 16 Paternoster Row) 
N.D. 
Collation — 1 vol. 12mo, pp. 58, col. front, of 12 figs. 
Idem. A new edition. By Mr. William Thompson, assisted 
by G. Wright Esq. and the most eminent Bird-Fanciers. . . . 
Corrected and improved, embellished with Twelve beautiful 
engravings. London : 1852. 
Collation — 1 vol. post 8vo, pp. iv +pp. 48, with front, of 12 figs. 
