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Wheeler (E — — ), ea. 1875 
The undernoted work contains only a brief account of 
the birds, and merits no special mention. 
1875. [Birds in] Bristol and its Environs. (British Association Handbook.) 
London and Bristol : 1875. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. viii+pp. 475, with map and 10 pi. 
Birds of the District at pp. 400-4. 
Wheeler (William Henry), viv. 
The author, a member of the Inst, of Civil Engineers, and 
author of a work on Tidal Rivers and another on the Drainage 
of Fens , does not appear to have any considerable knowledge 
of ornithology, judging by his remark that “ Cranes were very 
common : there are a few still left in the neighbourhood of 
Bicker Fen,” which implies that the species is a resident one. 
Some particulars of wild-fowling and the decoys are given. 
[1894.] A History of the Tens of South Lincolnshire. Second edition, 
greatly enlarged. Boston and London, [n.d.] 
Collation — 1 vol. roy. 8vo. Chap. xvii. is devoted to the 
natural history, with birds at pp. 471-6. 
Idem. 1st edit, in 1868, post 8vo, pp. vi + pp. 7-188, map and 
ill., but contains nothing on birds. 
Wheelwright (Horace William), 1815-65 
Wheelwright is best known by his nom de plume of “ Old 
Bushman,” over which signature he was an old and constant 
contributor to the columns of the Field newspaper. He was 
the second son of the Bev. C. A. Wheelwright, rector of 
Tansor, Northamptonshire, and Prebend of Lincoln Cathedral. 
He was born at Tansor on January 5, 1815, and educated at 
Beading Grammar School under Dr. Yalpy. He was brought 
up to the profession of the law, and practised as a solicitor in 
his native county between 1843 and 1847. From boyhood, 
however, he was unsettled, with a love of field sports and a 
yearning for adventure ; and in the year last mentioned he 
was off to the wilds of Norway and Sweden. In 1851 he 
went to Australia and had several years of bush life, return- 
