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of the birds obtained by himself or his agents in Lapland. 
After his decease, his father presented to that institution the 
remaining portion of the collection, where it is known as the 
“ Wolley Donation.” 
*1864-1907. Ootheca Wolleyana : an illustrated Catalogue of the Collection 
of Birds’ Eggs, begun by the late John Wolley, Jun., M.A., E.Z.S., 
and continued with additions by the editor Alfred Newton. 
Vol. I. [II.] London : (Porter) m.dccc.lxiv-m.cm.ii. [Vol. II. 
M.CM.V.— M.CM.VII.] 
Collation — 2 vols. roy. 8vo. Yol. I. pp. xxxiv, Intro, and 
Memoir + pp. vii (preface to Part I.)+pp. 531, portraits, plates, 
and xiii col. pi. of eggs. Vol. II. pp. vi+pp. 2 un. +pp. 665 + 
pp. 96, Appendices, plates, and plates xii, col. etc. 
The above was produced in parts as follows : 
*1864^[1907]. Ootheca Wolleyana, an Illustrated Catalogue of the Collec- 
tion of Birds’ Eggs formed by the late John Wolley, Junr., edited 
from the original notes by Alfred Newton. Part I. (Accipitres). 
London : 1864. 
Collation — 1 vol. roy. 8vo, pp. vii+pp. 180, list of plates, col. 
pi. i-ix + tinted pi. A-I. 
Idem. Part II., 1902. Part III., 1905. Part IV., 1907. 
See under Newton (A.). 
Note . — Part I. contains interesting accounts of the breeding of 
Golden and White-tailed Eagles, Osprey, etc. etc., in Scotland, 
from Wolley ’s notes. Wolley, it should be mentioned, took a 
number of the eggs figured by Hewitson in his British Oology. 
Wood (Charles Thorold), 1777-1852 
This writer, the eldest son of Willoughby Wood, of 
Alford, Lines, was born June 15 , 1777 ; held a commission 
as captain in the Royal Horse Guards, and died at Camp- 
sail Hall, near Doncaster, March 13 , 1852 . He dates his 
preface September 24 , 1835 , and requests that communica- 
tions on natural history should be forwarded to him “ Care 
of Neville Wood, Foston Hall, Derby.” From this address 
N. Wood’s well-known Ornithologist's Text-Book was issued 
in the following year. 
*[1835.] The | Ornithological | Guide ; | in which are discussed | several | 
interesting points | in | Ornithology. . . . London | (Whitaker 
& Co.) : n.d. 
Collation — 1 vol. post 8vo, pp. xviii +pp. 236 +pp. 4 un. 
