Books
His books included The Birds of Middlesex (1866), Rambles in Search of Shells (1876), Ostriches and Ostrich Farming (1877), British Animals extinct within Historic Times (1880) and A Catalogue of Books Ancient and Modern relating to Falconry (1891).
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