Worthington] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 
665 
Woods (George), ca. 1811 
The undernoted work on the Isle of Man contains two or 
three pages on birds, including the Puffin and other sea-birds, 
but is quite unimportant. 
1811. An | Account | of the past and present state | of the | Isle of Man ; 
[etc. 9 lines] by George Woods. | [Quotation] London : | ... 
1811. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. viii +pp. iv un. +pp. 366, with map. 
Has at pp. 24-9, “ A few words on Manks Zoology.” 
[Worlidge (John)], Ji. 1669-98 
Worlidge or Woolridge, who lived at Petersfield, Hants, 
is best known as an early writer on husbandry, and claims 
but slight mention here, although his Systema Agriculturce is 
of great interest and value in many ways. At p. 155 are 
some observations on Swans and Pheasants. At pp. 194-7 
is an account of birds injurious to poultry and crops, and the 
methods of destroying them. At pp. 261-2 is a list of 
“ Observations and Prognosticks taken from Fowl,” relating 
to the weather and mentioning a dozen or more species. 
1669. [Anonymous.] Systema Agriculturae, | The Mystery of | Husbandry 
| Discovered : | Wherin is Treated of the several new and most 
| advantagious Ways | of Tilling. . . . [&c. 14 lines] | To which 
is added, | Kalendarium Rusticum ; | or, | The | Husbandman’s 
Monethly Directions, | also | The Prognosticks of Dearth, 
Scarcity, Plenty, Sickness, Heat, Cold, | Frost, Snow, Windes, 
Rain, Hail, Thunder, etc. | and | Dictionarium Rusticum : Or, 
the Interpretation of Rustick Terms. | — | Published for the 
Common Good by J. W. Gent. | — | [&c. 4 lines] | London : 
Printed by T. Johnson for Samuel Speed, near the | Inner Temple 
Gate in Fleet-Street. 1669. 
Collation — 1 vol. sm. folio, engr. front., A-E in fours and 
analysis, 4 11. +pp. 278 + Index and list books, 3 11. 
Worthington (Albert Octavius), nat. 1844 
In the preface to the 1866 edition of the undernoted work, 
it is stated that “ the list of birds has been contributed by 
A. 0. Worthington [then a schoolboy at Repton], whose early 
propensity for birds-nesting has developed into a wide and 
