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BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 
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Wood (Neville), ft. 1835-39 
This author, fourth son of Charles Thorold Wood, above 
mentioned, resided first at Foston Hall, Derbyshire, then at 
Sudbury Hall in the same county, and later at Campsall 
Hall, Yorkshire. He was a friend of Dr. Latham, and 
was an amateur possessed of considerable knowledge. His 
judgment, however, was somewhat biassed by a violent pre- 
judice against compilers, whom he termed “literary Lestri ” 
( i.e . Skuas). He is chiefly known as the editor of a periodical 
called The Naturalist (vols. 2-5, 1837-39), in continuation 
of a volume issued by Maund & Holl in 1836, while he also 
assisted with or was a contributor to Mammatt’s Analyst (10 
vols. 8vo, 1834-40). His Sketches of European Ornithology 
in the former journal comprise a resume of Gould’s Birds of 
Europe , with incidentally a good many notes and observa- 
tions on British birds. Another series of articles under the 
same title, signed “ P ” (presumably Shirley Palmer), was at 
the same time running through the Analyst (vols. iv. pp. 97- 
105 ; vi. pp. 71-83, 239-51 ; vii. pp. 35-49, 253-66 ; viii. 
pp. 43-57, 254-73 ; ix. pp. 303-17, 477-93 ; 1836-39). 1 
1835. Making the English generic names of Birds correspond to the Latin 
ones. (Analyst, ii. pp. 238-9.) Idem by “N. E.” {T.c. pp. 305-7), 
and by H. E. S. {T.c. pp. 317-18.) 
On the Habits of the Brake Nightingale {Philomela luscinia, Swains.) 
{T.c. pp. 394-400.) 
1836. On the rarity of certain Birds in Derbyshire, abundant in other 
parts of Britain. {Op. cit. v. pp. 31-3.) 
Observations on the Nomenclature of Neville Wood’s “ British 
Song-Birds.” {T.c. pp. 191-6.) 
Beply to C. J.’s Bemarks on Mr. Neville Wood’s British Song-Birds. 
{Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist. ix. pp. 566-8.) 
1836. British Song-Birds ; being | popular descriptions | and | anecdotes 
| of the | Choristers of the Groves. | By Neville Wood, Esq. | author 
of the | Ornithologist’s Text Book. | London: | JohnW. Parker, 
West Strand. | mdcccxxxvi. 
Collation — 1 vol. post 8vo, pp. xii & pp. 408 x pp. iv un. 
The | Ornithologist’s Text Book, | being Reviews | of | Ornitho- 
logical Works: | with an Appendix, | containing discussions | 
1 See also under Lankester (E.). 
