Dr. E. Hopkinson—Eighteenth Century Cage-bird Books 17


Taking, Feeding, . . . Distempers . . . etc. 12mo (pp .96). Printed for

T. Ward and sold at his House, the Bell and Bird-Cage. . . . 1728.


At least two more editions , which all contain the same preface as the

Bird-Fancier’s Delight above.


The author was Thomas Ward teste Mullens and Swann.


—•—• The Bird-Fancier’s Necessary Companion and Sure

Guide ; being an easy Way of Breeding Canary birds and the best

Method of Chusing and Keeping both for Breeding and Song. 8vo

(pp. 48). Thomas Hope. 1760. = part i of the next.


- The above in two parts : Part i. Curious Remarks on . . .


English Song-Birds, etc... Part ii, ... An easy Way of Breeding

Canary Birds. . . . 8vo (pp. 33 and 48). Thomas Hope. 1762.


—— Part ii of the above. 12mo (pp. 88). J. Bew. 1788.


Anon. Ornithologia nova or new general History of,

extracted from the best Authors, . . . with Remarks and Observations

upon the different Species from the most curious Naturalist’s Virtuosos

and Travellers, with the Methods of Breeding, Managing, and Teaching

of Song-Birds. 2 vols., 12mo (about 750 ivoodcuts). Birmingham.

1743-5.


This work is supposed to contain the earliest woodcuts of birds executed in

England, teste Sotheran’s 1924. Catalogue , p. 360.


Anon. . . . An Excellent Way of Bringing Singing Birds

to very Great Perfection. Forms part of The Fountain of Know¬

ledge, or British Legacy ... By Lewis de Burgh. 8vo (pp. 128).

Circa 1753.


Anon. A Natural History of Singing Birds, and particularly

that Species of them most commonly bred in Scotland,. . . by a “ Lover

of Birds ”. 12mo (pp. 170). Copper plates . W. Ruddiman , jun.

Edinburgh. 1754.


A piracy from Albin /Sotheran.


—■— . . ., and particularly that Species of them most commonly


kept in Britain, by a “ Lover of Birds ”. 12mo. L. Wood, Edinburgh.

1776.


- A History of Singing Birds, with the method of rearing


them in cages ; the preparation and choice of food, etc. ; also the dis¬

orders they are subject to, with the mode of treatment, including the


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