Taxidermists

Information has been gleaned from a number of sources but three recent books by Herriott (1968), Frost (1987) and Marshall (2009) all deal specifically with this art.

ABBOTT ( - ) Church Street, Hartlepool, Cleveland.

Notes Preserved the 1862 Cleveland Common Crane.

ADCOCK, T. ( - 1921) Syston Street, Belgrave, Leicestershire.

Notes Shot the 1865 Leicestershire Red-footed Falcon.

ADKINS ( - ) South Street, Exeter, Devon.

Notes Preserved the 1870 Devon Little Egret.

ALLEN, E. ( - ) Feasegate, York, Yorkshire.

Notes Preserved the 1882 Yorkshire American Bittern.

AMBROSE, HENRY ( - ) 34, North Station Street, Colchester, Essex.

Notes Preserved two of the c.1858 Essex Nutcrackers. Preserved the 1868 Essex Egyptian Vulture. Saw the rejected c. 1872 Essex Woodchat Shrike. Preserved the rejected 1878 Essex Purple Swamp-hen. Preserved the 1880 Essex Night Heron. Preserved the 1884 Essex Little Bittern. Preserved the rejected 1885 Essex Ruddy Shelduck.

ANDREWS, J. ( - ) Swanage, Dorset.

Notes Recorded and preserved the 1893 Dorset Baillon's Crake.

ANDREWS ( - ) Worthing, Sussex.

Notes Preserved the 1848 Sussex Purple Heron.

ANNING ( - ) Totnes, Devon.

Notes Preserved the 1871 Devon Great Snipe.

ASHMEAD & ARGENT ( - ) 180 Bishopsgate, London.

Biography Highly respected taxidermist.

ASHMEAD, GEORGE BENJAMIN ( - ) 32, Bishopsgate; 20, Moorgate Street, London.

Notes Preserved the 1867 Berkshire Little Bittern. Preserved the 1890 Essex Great Bustard. Preserved both of the 1900 Essex Nutcrackers.

ASTEN ( - )

Notes Preserved the 1882 Suffolk Black Stork.

ATTWATER, A. L. ( - ) Horsham, Sussex.

Notes Preserved the 1891 Sussex Rose-coloured Starling. Preserved the 1907 Sussex Roller.

BAILEY, MATTHEW (1835 - 20/09/1908) Flamborough, Yorkshire.

Notes Preserved the 1863 Yorkshire White-tailed Eagle. Preserved the 1863 Yorkshire Tengmalm's Owl. Preserved the 1865 Yorkshire White-tailed Eagle. Informed J. G. Tuck about the 1875 Yorkshire Ivory Gull. Preserved the rejected 1886 Yorkshire Meadow Bunting. Recorded the 1897 Yorkshire White-tailed Eagle.

BAKER, John ( - ) Trumpington Street, Cambridge; Melbourn, Cambridgeshire.

Notes Preserved the now rejected 1826 Cambridgeshire Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Obtained and preserved the now rejected 1840 Cambridgeshire Savi's Warbler. Preserved the now rejected 1843 Cambridgeshire Dowitcher sp.

Comment Unreliable. See I. C. T. Nisbet, British Birds 54: 345.

BAKER ( - ) Downham, Norfolk.

Notes Preserved the 1860 Norfolk Castle Rising Little Bustard.

BARRON ( - ) Christchurch, Dorset.

Biography Preserved the 1822 Hampshire Little Egret. Preserved the 1846 Hampshire Nutcracker.

BARTLETT, ABRAHAM ( - ) Little Russell Street, London.

Biography Highly respected taxidermist.

BARTLETT ( - ) Ebrington Street, Plymouth, Devon.

Notes Preserved the 1876 Devon Great Snipe. Preserved the 1876 Devon Snowy Owl.

BATES, B. ( - ) 7, LITTLE North Street and 48, Seaside Road, Eastbourne, Sussex. (1860s-1880s).

Notes Owned the 1862 Sussex Little Crake. Preserved the two 1866 Sussex Spotted Sandpipers. Recorded the 1870 Sussex White-rumped Sandpiper. Preserved the 1876 Sussex Great Bustard. Preserved the 1906 Sussex Glossy Ibis.

BATES, BENJAMIN ( - ) 2, Bourne Street, Eastbourne, Sussex. (1890s-1927).

Notes

BATES ( - )

Notes Preserved the 1876 Durham Little Bustard.

BAZELEY, W. ( - ) Sheep Street, Northampton.

Notes Preserved and recorded the 1889 Northamptonshire Pallas’s Sand Grouse.

BEDLINGTON, T. ( - ) Commercial Street, Middlesborough, Co. Durham.

Notes Saw and recorded the rejected 1852 Yorkshire Rock Thrush.

BILSON, WILLIAM (1808 - ) Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Notes Recorded the c.1835 Suffolk Alpine Swift. Informed Babington of the 1847 Suffolk Great Snipe. Recorded the 1850 Suffolk Little Bittern. Recorded the 1858 Suffolk White-tailed Eagle in his MS. Recorded the 1861 Suffolk Little Bittern in his MS. Preserved the 1865 Suffolk Scops Owl. Informed Babington about the 1866 Suffolk Little Bustard. Recorded the 1873 Suffolk White-tailed Eagle in his MS. Informed Babington about the 1875 Suffolk Little Bustard.

BISSHOPP, CECIL H. ( - ) 124, George Street, Oban, Argyll.

Notes Preserved the 1891 Outer Hebrides Siberian White Crane. Preserved the 1891 Argyll Dowitcher sp. Recorded the 1905 Highland Gyr Falcon. Preserved the 1907 Outer Hebrides American Wigeon.

BLANKS, R. ( - ) Maldon, Essex.

Notes Bought and preserved the 1871 Essex Red-breasted Goose.

BLYTHE ( - ) Cleveland Street, Doncaster, Yorkshire.

Notes Preserved the rejected pre 1890 Yorkshire Sooty Tern.

BRADDEN, W. ( - ) Guildford, Kent.

Notes Preserved the 1892 Surrey Ruddy Shelduck. Preserved the 1896 Hampshire Rose-coloured Starling.

BRAYLEY ( - ) Ryde, Isle Of Wight.

Notes Preserved the 1875 Wight Little Bustard.

BRAZENOR BROS. ( - ) Brighton, Sussex.

Notes Preserved and recorded the 1893 Sussex Tawny Pipit. Preserved and recorded the 1894 Sussex Tawny Pipit.

Comment Unreliable. Bought specimens at Leadenhall Market (BOURC (2015) Ibis 157: 189; J. M. Collinson, British Birds 105: 325-331).

BRIGGS, A. ( - ) St Andrews, Fife.

Notes Recorded the 1893 Orkney Snowy Owl. Recorded the 1894 Orkney Snowy Owl. Recorded the 1894 Orkney Two-barred Crossbill.

BRISTOW, SNR., GEORGE (1838 - 18/03/1923) 15, Silchester Road, St Leonards, Sussex.

Comment Part of the family business of taxidermy, gunsmith and ornithology that started c. 1845 at Silchester Road.

BRISTOW, JNR., GEORGE (30/03/1862 - 14/04/1947) b. Orpington, Kent. Hastings, Sussex.

Business premises at 15, London Road, St Leonards, Sussex and from 1891 at 15, Silchester Road, St Leonards, Sussex.

Notes Restuffed the rejected 1830-40 Suffolk Swallow-tailed Kite. Preserved the rejected 1866 Sussex Wilson's Storm-petrel. Preserved the 1877 Sussex Roller. Preserved the rejected 1884 Kent Ruddy Shelduck. Sold the rejected 1884 Sussex Spotted Sandpiper to Borrer. Preserved the 1891 Sussex Great Bustard. Preserved the rejected HR 1895 Kent Madeiran Storm-petrel. Preserved the rejected HR 1895 Sussex Little Crake. Preserved the rejected HR 1895 Sussex Red-throated Pipit. Preserved the HR 1896 Sussex Icterine Warbler. Preserved the HR 1896 Sussex Melodious Warbler. Preserved the two HR 1897 Sussex Rollers. Preserved the HR 1898 Sussex Woodchat Shrike. Preserved the HR 1900 Sussex Baird's Sandpiper. Preserved the HR 1900 Sussex Melodious Warbler. Preserved the HR 1901 Kent Broad-billed Sandpiper. Preserved the HR 1901 Sussex Roller. Preserved the HR 1901 Sussex Red-throated Pipit. Preserved the HR 1902 Kent White-spotted Bluethroat. Preserved the HR 1903 Norfolk Baird's Sandpiper. Preserved the HR 1904 Sussex Night Heron. Preserved the HR 1904 Sussex Great Reed Warbler. Preserved the HR 1904 Sussex Black-headed Bunting. Preserved the HR 1905 Sussex Squacco Heron. Preserved the HR 1905 Sussex Icterine Warbler. Preserved the HR 1906 Sussex Pectoral Sandpiper. Preserved the HR 1906 Kent White-rumped Sandpiper. Preserved the HR 1906 Sussex Great Reed Warbler. Preserved the HR 1906 Sussex Sardinian Warbler. Preserved the HR 1907 Kent Semipalmated Sandpiper. Preserved the HR 1907 Kent Dowitcher. Preserved the HR 1907 Kent Rufous Bush Robin. Preserved the HR 1908 Sussex Bulwer's Petrel. Preserved the three HR 1908 Kent Killdeers. Preserved the HR 1908 Kent Upland Sandpiper. Preserved the two HR 1908 Sussex Two-barred Crossbills. Preserved the HR 1909 Sussex Red-rumped Swallow. Preserved the HR 1909 Kent Black-throated Thrush. Preserved the 1909 HR Kent Brown Flycatcher. Preserved the HR 1910 Sussex Rufous Bush Robin. Reported the HR 1910 Sussex Rustic Bunting. Preserved the HR 1911 Sussex Isabelline Wheatear. Preserved the HR 1911 Kent Black-throated Thrush. Preserved the HR 1912 Sussex Isabelline Wheatear. Preserved the two rejected 1913 Shetland Barrow's Goldeneye. Preserved the HR 1915 Sussex Black Wheatear. Preserved the HR 1915 Sussex Moustached Warbler. Preserved the HR 1916 Sussex Semipalmated Plover. Preserved the HR 1916 Sussex Dusky Warbler. Recorded the now rejected 1925 Kent Ferruginous Duck. Examined the 1940 Sussex Purple Heron.

Comment Unreliable. The main Taxidermist involved in the "Hastings Rarities" fraud (E. M. Nicholson & I. J. Ferguson-Lees (1962) British Birds 55: 299-336) that involved imported frozen birds passed off as British killed.. Taught by Robert Kent. Taught the art to E. T. Booth.

On death his effects amounted to £7898. 9s, 4d. and were left to his wife Ketura Eliza Bristow whom he had married in 1886.

BROOKES ( - ) Worcester, Worcestershire.

Notes Preserved the rejected 1855 Worcestershire Crested Cardinal Finch?

BROWN, D. ( - ) Filey, Yorkshire.

Notes Preserved the 1875 Yorkshire Ivory Gull. Possessed a rejected 1876 Yorkshire Laughing Gull. Preserved the rejected 1897 White-billed Diver.

BROWN, J. ( - 1900) Forres, Moray & Nairn.

Notes Preserved and recorded the 1892 Moray & Nairn Ruddy Shelduck.

BURL ( - )

Notes Shot the rejected 1825 Gloucestershire Scissor-tailed Goatsucker.

BURTON, HENRY ( - ) Wardour Street, Soho, London.

Biography Highly respected taxidermist.

BURTON, W. ( - ) Wardour Street, Soho, London.

Notes Preserved the rejected 1863 Kent Spotted Sandpiper. Sent the 1882 Hertfordshire Rustic Bunting to Lord Lilford. Shot and preserved the 1887 Sussex Broad-billed Sandpiper. Preserved the 1890 Scilly Black Stork.

CABLE, C. ( - ) Stock, Essex.

Notes Preserved the 1908 Essex Spotted Eagle.

CANE, T. ( - ) Manchester Street, Luton, Bedfordshire.

Notes Reported the 1855 Bedfordshire Rose-coloured Starling to Steele-Elliott.

CARFRAE, M. ( - ) Edinburgh, Lothian.

Notes Preserved the 1835 Highland Roller. Preserved the 1840 Lothian Great White Egret.

CARR ( - ) Selby, Yorkshire.

Notes Preserved the 1874 Yorkshire Glossy Ibis.

CARTER ( - ) Norwich, Norfolk.

Notes Preserved the 1865 Norfolk White Stork. Preserved the 1869 Norfolk Lesser Grey Shrike.

CARTER, J. ( - ) Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

Notes Preserved the two 1869 Norfolk Richard's Pipits.

CATT, E. (1869 - 1951) Iden, Kent.

Notes Received the 1919 Kent Dark-breasted Barn Owl.

CHALWIN, H. ( - ) East Molesey, Surrey.

Notes Preserved the 1861 Surrey Rose-coloured Starling.

CHAPMAN, P. ( - ) Falmouth, Cornwall.

Notes Preserved the 1854 Cornwall Great Bustard. Preserved the 1869 Cornwall Night Heron.

CHISHOLM, J. ( - ) Kelso, Borders.

Notes Preserved the 1892 Borders Ruddy Shelduck.

CLARK, R. ( - ) Hunstanton, Norfolk.

Notes Preserved the 1883 Norfolk Snettisham Great Snipe. Preserved the 1888 Norfolk King Eider.

CLARK, J. A. ( - ) Homerton, Near London.

Notes Preserved the seven rejected 1863 Suffolk Parrot Crossbills. Recorded the HR 1907 Kent Woodchat Shrike. Recorded the 1908 Essex Ortolan Bunting.

CLARKE, E. T. ( - ) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Notes Recorded the two 1860's Perthshire Snowy Owls forty years later. Purchased the rejected c.1860 Essex Swallow-tailed Kite. Recorded and preserved the two 1906 North-east Scotland Rustic Buntings. Purchased one of the rejected 1913 Essex Hawk Owls.

CLAYTON, E. ( - ) Louth, Lincolnshire.

Notes Preserved the 1863 Lincolnshire Roller.

COBURN, F ( - ) Holloway Road, Birmingham, West Midlands.

Notes Recorded the 1890 West Midlands Rose-coloured Starling. Recorded and preserved the 1893 Tipperary Long-billed Dowitcher. Recorded and saw the two 1893 Worcestershire Woodchat Shrikes. Shot and recorded the rejected 1895 Mayo Red-throated Pipit. Recorded the rejected HR1895 Sussex Red-throated Pipit. Recorded and examined the 1896 Warwickshire White Stork. Recorded and owned the 1900 Norfolk Lesser White-fronted Goose.

COLE, J. A. ( - 1906) Norwich, Norfolk.

Notes Bought the 1848 Norfolk Savi's Warbler. Preserved the 1880 Norfolk Night Heron. Preserved the 1887 Norfolk White-tailed Eagle. Preserved the 1887 Norfolk Serin. Preserved the 1901 Essex Red-footed Falcon. Preserved the 1905 Norfolk White-tailed Eagle.

COOK ( - ) 31, Lower Road, Rotherhithe, Kent.

Notes Preserved the 1896 Essex Pacific Golden Plover.

COOKE, B ( - ) 21, Renshaw Street, Liverpool, Lancashire.

Notes Preserved the 1873 Shropshire Eagle Owl.

COOKE, T. ( - ) 513, New Oxford Street, London.

Notes Preserved the 1875 Greater London Little Bittern. Preserved the 1875 Kerry Squacco Heron.

COOMBS, H. ( - ) Stratford-On-Avon, Warwickshire.

Notes Preserved the pre 1904 Warwickshire Surf Scoter.

COOPER, J. (1792-1890) Victoria Street, Preston, Lancashire.

Notes Shot the 1835 Cumbria Dowitcher sp. Recorded and examined the 1845 Lancashire American Bittern. Recorded the nine 1846 Cumbria Two-barred Crossbills and preserved two of them.

CORDING ( - ) Cardiff, Glamorgan.

Notes Sold an imported Black-winged Stilt as British-killed. Preserved the 1895 Brecon Gyr Falcon.

COUPE, P. ( - )

Notes Preserved the 1892 Cleveland Macqueen's Bustard.

CRAIG ( - ) Canterbury, Kent.

Notes Preserved the rejected c. 1854 Kent American Bittern (Identification proven).

CRANE ( - ) London.

Notes Believed to have preserved the pre1852 Greater London Spotted Sandpiper.

CRICKMORE ( - ) Beccles, Suffolk.

Notes Preserved the pre 1819 Suffolk Baillon's Crake. Preserved the 1819 Suffolk Roller.

CROCKETT, J. & SONS ( - ) 7A Princes Street, Cavendish Square, London.

Notes Preserved the 1895 Kent White-tailed Eagle.

CRYSTALL, A. ( - ) Hammersmith, London.

Notes Preserved and owned the 1870 London Great Bustard.

DACK, C. B. ( - ) Holt, Norfolk.

Notes Preserved the 1888 Norfolk Nutcracker.

DALE, T. ( - ) High Street, Witney, Oxfordshire.

Notes Recorded and preserved the 1891 Oxfordshire Night Heron.

DARLEY, J. ( - ) 17, Dork Street, Hull, Yorkshire.

Notes Preserved and owned the 1890 Yorkshire White Stork.

DAWES, W. E. ( - ) Denmark Hill, London.

Notes Preserved the 1890 Shetland Baltimore Oriole.

DOEG, W. H. ( - ) St Anne's Street, Manchester.

Notes Owned the 1860 Lancashire Sociable Lapwing. Owned the 1878 Lancashire Black-eared Wheatear.

DOGGETT, F. ( - ) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

Notes Owned the rejected 1880 Cambridgeshire Crested Lark. Recorded and preserved the rejected 1882 Cambridgeshire Short-toed Lark.

Biography His son was Walter Grimwood Doggett (see his Obituary Ibis 46: 312) who was taxidermist and photographer to Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston (1858-1927) on his expeditions into the Congo.

Comment Unreliable according to Lack (1934).

DREW, GIDEON ( - ) Naturalist, 73, Union Street, Stonehouse, Devon.

Notes Collector as well.

DREWETT ( - ) Fakenham, Norfolk.

Notes Preserved the two 1863 Norfolk Pallas’s Sandgrouse.

DUNBAR, L. ( - ) Brawl, Thurso, Caithness.

Notes Preserved the rejected 1899 Caithness Baillon's Crake. Recorded the 1890 Caithness Roller. Recorded the 1891 Caithness Roller. Recorded the 1892 Caithness Great Snipe. Recorded the two 1897 Caithness Bee-eaters.

DUNCAN, R. ( - ) Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland.

Notes Shot the 1855 Northumberland Pectoral Sandpiper. Preserved two 1859 Northumberland Great Snipes. Preserved the 1871 Northumberland Great Snipe. Preserved the 1885 Northumberland Greater Spotted Eagle. Examined the rejected 1904 Northumberland Rustic Bunting.

EDWARDS ( - ) Malvern, Worcestershire.

Notes Preserved the rejected 1873 Pembrokeshire Great Snipe.

EDWARDS, H. H. ( - )

Notes Preserved the 1934 Norfolk Cream-coloured Courser.

ELLIOT, A. C. ( - ) Stamford, Lincolnshire.

Notes Saw the pair 1868 Leicestershire Bee-eaters.

ELLIS, T. ( - ) Swaffham, Norfolk.

Notes Preserved the misidentified 1871 Suffolk Black-winged Stilt. Preserved the 1876 Norfolk White-tailed Eagle. Preserved the 1876 Norfolk Snowy Owl.

ELLIS, W. B. ( - ) Arundel, Sussex.

Notes Preserved and recorded the 1876 Sussex Glossy Ibis. Preserved the 1901 Sussex Little Bustard. Preserved and recorded the 1913 Sussex Nutcracker.

ENTWISTLE, R. ( - ) Bolton, Greater Manchester.

Notes Preserved the 1870 Lancashire Woodchat Shrike.

EVANS, H. E. ( - ) Kilkeel, Down, Northern Ireland.

Notes Recorded the 1886 Devon Great Snipe.

EVANS, J. ( - ) Bourne, Lincolnshire.

Notes Recorded and preserved the 1871 Lincolnshire Roller. Recorded and preserved the 1875 Lincolnshire Great Snipe. Preserved the 1879 Leicestershire Eagle Owl.

FAIRBAIRN ( - ) Alnwick, Northumberland.

Notes Preserved the 1922 Northumberland White Stork.

FOOT, A. C. ( - ) Bath, Avon.

Notes Preserved the 1885 Avon Sooty Tern. Preserved the 1889 Cornwall Green Heron. Preserved the 1891 Wiltshire Great Bustard.

FOOTTIT, W. F. ( - ) Newark, Nottinghamshire.

Notes Recorded the 1842 Nottinghamshire Little Bustard. Recorded the 1850 Caithness Snowy Owl. Recorded and preserved the 1853 Lincolnshire Caspian Tern. Recorded and preserved the 1854 Lincolnshire Little Bustard. Shot the pre 1866 Nottinghamshire Ferruginous Duck. Owned the two pre 1866 Nottinghamshire Little Bustards.

FREEMAN, T. T. ( - ) Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Notes Preserved the 1868 Suffolk Roller.

GARDENER ( - ) London.

Notes Preserved the 1855 Hampshire Eagle Owl.

GASSON, E. ( - ) Rye, Sussex.

Notes Preserved the c.1886 Sussex Wallcreeper. Preserved the HR 1904 Sussex Red-throated Pipit.

GEORGE, H. (1853 - 1935) Chichester, Sussex.

Notes Preserved the 1886 Sussex Little Bustard.

GERRARD, E. ( - ) London.

Notes Preserved the 1952 Yorkshire Pallid Harrier.

GILL, W. (c.1883 - 1919) Falmouth, Cornwall.

Notes Shot, preserved and owned the 1865 Cornwall Crested Lark. Preserved the 1873 Cornwall American Bittern. Shot and preserved the rejected 1881 Cornwall Red-winged Blackbird. Preserved the 1903 Cornwall Upland Sandpiper.

GILLETT ( - ) Lancaster Road, Preston, Lancashire.

Notes Preserved the rejected 1891 Lancashire Dowitcher sp.

GLENNON, J. ( - ) 46, Wicklow Street, Dublin, Ireland.

Notes Preserved the rejected 1875 Clyde Islands Ivory Gull.

GOFF ( - ) Huddersfield, Yorkshire.

Notes Preserved the rejected 1885 Yorkshire Eagle Owl.

GOSHAWK, J. R. ( - ) Harrow-On-The-Hill, Middlesex, London.

Notes Preserved the 1829 Greater London Purple Heron. Preserved the 1893 Greater London Black Stork.

GRAHAM, DAVID ( - ) Market Street, York. Shop At Spurriegate, York.

Notes Preserved the 1847 Lincolnshire Macqueen's Bustard. Handled the rejected 1847 Outer Hebrides Brünnich's Guillemot. Preserved the now rejected 1847 Yorkshire Ross's Gull. Handled the now rejected 1849 Yorkshire Tengmalm's Owl. Preserved the 1848 Yorkshire White Stork. Supplied the now rejected 1848 Yorkshire Orphean Warbler to Sir W. Milner. Preserved the rejected 1849 Yorkshire Bulwer's Petrel. Preserved the rejected 1849 Yorkshire Richard's Pipit. Preserved the 1852 Yorkshire Black Stork. Saw the rejected 1852 Yorkshire American Mottled Owl. Preserved the 1854 Yorkshire Little Bustard. Preserved the now rejected 1855 Yorkshire Night Heron. Preserved and owned the 1856 Yorkshire Rose-coloured Starling. Recorded the now rejected 1857 Yorkshire Great Snipe. Recorded the rejected five 1857 Outer Hebrides Snowy Owls. Preserved the now rejected 1860 Yorkshire Gyr Falcon. Recorded and preserved the 1861 Yorkshire Great Bustard. Recorded and preserved the rejected 1863 Yorkshire Barrow's Goldeneye. Preserved the rejected 1865 Yorkshire White-tailed Eagle. Identified the now rejected 1867 Yorkshire Lesser Kestrel. Recorded the rejected 1868 Yorkshire Lesser Yellowlegs.

Comment Unreliable. Found to be at the centre of the "Tadcaster rarities fraud" (T. Melling, British Birds 98: 230-237).

GRAVIL ( - ) Epworth, Lincolnshire.

Notes Preserved and identified the rejected 1864 Lincolnshire Spotted Sandpiper. Preserved the 1869 Lincolnshire Glossy Ibis.

GRAY, G. ( - ) Dover, Kent.

Notes Saw the two rejected 1895 Kent Crested Larks.

GRAY, L. ( - ) Sleaford, Lincolnshire.

Notes Preserved the 1833 Lincolnshire Nutcracker.

GREEN, F. ( - ) Stockton-On-Tees, Co. Durham.

Notes Misidentified the 1853 Cleveland Gyr Falcon.

GROUNDS, A. ( - ) Ludlow, Shropshire.

Notes Preserved the 1834 Shropshire Squacco Heron.

GUNN, THOMAS EDWARD & SON (1844 - 13/07/1923) shop at 84 & 86 St Giles Street, Norwich; 21, Regent Street, Norwich. c.1826-1942.

Notes Saw the 1863 Suffolk Little Bittern. Recorded the 1863 Norfolk Eagle sp. Recorded the 1864 Norfolk Nutcracker. Recorded and preserved the 1865 Suffolk Great Snipe. Recorded and preserved the 1865 Norfolk Roller. Recorded and preserved the 1866 Norfolk Richard's Pipit. Recorded and preserved the 1867 Norfolk Ferruginous Duck. Recorded the 1868 Norfolk Glossy Ibis. Preserved and recorded the 1868 Norfolk Great Snipe. Preserved the two 1869 Norfolk Richard's Pipits. Recorded the two 1870 Norfolk Great Snipes. Preserved three 1871 Norfolk Great Snipes. Preserved the four 1871 Norfolk White-winged Black Terns. Preserved and recorded the 1871 Norfolk White's Thrush. Preserved and recorded the 1871 Norfolk Rose-coloured Starling. Preserved the 1872 Norfolk Alpine Swift. Recorded and preserved the 1874 Norfolk Little Bustard. Recorded and preserved the 1875 Norfolk Purple Heron. Recorded and preserved five 1875 Norfolk Great Snipes. Photographed the 1877 Norfolk Black Stork. Preserved the escaped 1877 Norfolk Purple Swamp-hen. Preserved the 1878 Norfolk Ferruginous Duck. Preserved and recorded the 1878 Norfolk Purple Heron. Preserved and recorded the 1878 Norfolk Little Bustard. Preserved and recorded the 1878 Norfolk Dark-breasted Barn Owl. Preserved and recorded the 1880 Norfolk Little Crake. Preserved the 1882 Suffolk Little Bittern. Preserved the 1883 Suffolk Little Bittern. Preserved the 1883 Norfolk Tengmalm's Owl. Preserved the 1884 Hertfordshire Little Bittern. Recorded and preserved the 1884 Norfolk Great Snipe. Recorded and preserved the 1885 Norfolk Purple Swamp-hen. Recorded and preserved the 1885 Norfolk Roller. Preserved and recorded the 1887 Orkney Pectoral Sandpiper. Shot and preserved the 1896 Norfolk Aquatic Warbler. Shot the 1901 Norfolk Great Snipe. Killed and preserved the 1902 Norfolk Aquatic Warbler. Preserved the 1907 Norfolk Yellow-breasted Bunting. Preserved and reported three 1913 Norfolk Great Snipes. Preserved the 1920 Norfolk Glossy Ibis.

Comment Apprenticed to John Sayer when he took over his business on his death becoming the largest in Norwich. Gunn was a founder member of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society.

HALL ( - ) Finsbury Square, London.

Notes Preserved the imported 1823 Suffolk Macqueens Bustard.

HALL, T. ( - ) City Road, London Wall, London.

Notes Preserved the 1846 Essex White-throated Needletail. Preserved the 1858 Carmarthenshire Glossy Ibis.

HARBOUR ( - ) Reading, Berkshire.

Notes Preserved the 1854 Essex Bee-eater.

HARROP ( - ) 13, Cooper Street, Manchester.

Notes Preserved the 1849 Greater Manchester Little Bittern.

HART, EDWARD (1847-01/11/1928) Bow House, Christchurch, Dorset.

Notes Owned the rejected 1822 Dorset Little Egret. Owned the 1832 Dorset Squacco Heron. Owned the 1838 Dorset Rose-coloured Starling. Owned the 1846 Dorset Crested Tit. Owned the 1848 Hampshire Snowy Owl. Owned the 1849 Dorset Great Snipe. Owned the 1852 East Sussex Common Crane. Owned the 1852 Dorset Caspian Tern. Preserved the 1853 Dorset Glossy Ibis. Owned the rejected 1854 Dorset Hooded Merganser. Owned the 1854 Dorset Red-footed Falcon. Preserved the 1858 Dorset Glossy Ibis. Killed the two 1859 Dorset Glossy Ibis. Preserved the 1859 Dorset Killdeer. Preserved the 1862 Dorset Little Bittern. Owned the 1862 Dorset Rose-coloured Starling. Owned the rejected 1864 Hampshire Pine Grosbeak. Preserved the 1865 Dorset Ferruginous Duck. Preserved the 1865 Dorset Squacco Heron. Preserved the 1866 Dorset Glossy Ibis. Preserved the 1866 Dorset Little Crake. Owned the 1866 Hampshire Scops Owl. Preserved the two 1867 Essex Little Bitterns. Owned the 1868 Dorset Little Bittern. Owned and preserved the 1868 Hampshire Night Heron. Preserved the two 1868 Dorset Great Snipes. Preserved the 1868 Dorset Roller. Preserved the 1868 Dorset Nutcracker. Owned the two 1870 Dorset Glossy Ibises. Owned the 1872 Dorset Whiskered Tern. Owned the 1874 Dorset Roller. Owned the 1875 Hampshire Purple Heron. Owned the 1876 Hampshire American Bittern. Owned the 1876 Dorset Glossy Ibis. Owned the 1876 Dorset Great Snipe. Owned the 1878 Dorset Little Bittern. Owned the 1878 Dorset Great Snipe. Preserved the 1879 Dorset Night Heron. Owned the 1879 Dorset Tawny Pipit. Recorded and owned the 1880 Dorset Great Bustard. Owned the 1880 Dorset Great Snipe. Preserved and owned the 1882 Dorset Red-footed Falcon. Owned the 1883 Dorset Great Snipe. Owned the two 1883 Dorset White-winged Black Tern. Preserved and recorded the 1884 Dorset Night Heron. Owned the 1884 Hampshire Scops Owl. Preserved and recorded the 1885 Dorset Little Crake. Preserved and recorded the 1885 Dorset Great Snipe. Owned the 1886 Dorset White-winged Black Tern. Owned the 1888 Dorset Bee-eater. Shot the 1892 Dorset Ruddy Shelduck. Owned the 1900 Dorset Lesser Grey Shrike. Reported the 1903 Hampshire Bee-eater to Kelsall & Munn.

HART, H. ( - ) Christchurch, Dorset.

Notes Shot, preserved and recorded the 1865 Dorset Little Bittern. Preserved the 1872 Dorset Gull-billed Tern.

HART, W. & SON. ( - ) West End, Christchurch, Dorset.

Notes Preserved and recorded the five 1859 Dorset Glossy Ibises. Preserved the 1862 Dorset Little Bittern. Preserved the 1869 Dorset Little Bittern. Preserved the 1869 Dorset Common Crane. Recorded and preserved the 1875 Dorset Great Snipe. Preserved the 1876 Orkney Surf Scoter. Preserved the 1880 Dorset Great Bustard. Saw the 1893 Hampshire Squacco Heron. Examined the 1893 Dorset Baillon's Crake.

HARVEY ( - ) Lyndhurst, Hampshire.

Notes Preserved the 1876 Hampshire American Bittern.

HARVEY, A. ( - ) Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

Notes Stuffed the 1872 Norfolk Alpine Swift.

Comment Son of Isaac Harvey.

HASELL ( - ) Windsor, Berkshire.

Notes Preserved the 1861 Berkshire Purple Heron. Preserved the rejected 1864 Berkshire Tengmalm's Owl.

HASTINGS, WILLIAM ( - ) Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway.

Notes Preserved the 1863 Dumfries & Galloway Blue-winged Teal.

HAVELL, R. (1793-1878) 77, Oxford Street, London.

Notes Preserved the rejected 1836 Dorset Downy Woodpecker.

Comment See British Birds113: 212.

HAWARD ( - ) Bramford and Little Blakenham, Suffolk.

Notes Owned the 1860 Suffolk Glossy Ibis. Preserved the 1866 Essex Two-barred Crossbill, although it was later eaten by moths.

HEAD ( - ) Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Notes Preserved the rejected 1836 Suffolk Pine Grosbeak. Preserved the 1851 Suffolk Parrot Crossbill.

HEAVISIDE ( - ) Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham.

Notes Preserved the two rejected 1850 Cleveland Cedar Waxwings.

HELSTRIP, C. ( - ) Shop at St Saviour's Place, York.

Notes Recorded the rejected 1878 Yorkshire Spotted Sandpiper. Preserved the rejected 1882 Yorkshire American Kestrel.

HENDY, C. ( - ) Southampton, Hampshire.

Notes Preserved the rejected 1864 Hampshire Purple Swamp-hen.

HEWER ( - )

Notes Preserved the pre1849 Oxfordshire Black-winged Stilt.

HOOPER, C. ( - ) Wells, Somerset.

Notes Preserved the 1896 Somerset Black-winged Stilt.

HOPE, LINNAEUS E. (1864 - 1944) Penrith And Carlisle, Cumbria. 1885-1929.

Notes Stuffed the 1865 Cumbria Gyr Falcon. Saw the pre1895 Dumfries & Galloway Snowy Owl. Recorded the 1907 Cumbria Roller. Recorded the 1921 Cumbria Glossy Ibis.

HOPE, R. ( - ) Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Borders.

Notes Preserved the 1888 Borders Red-footed Falcon.

HOPE, W. (16/06/1845 - 00/11/1908) Edinburgh, Lothian.

Notes Sold the 1873 Dumfries & Galloway American Bittern.

HOWLETT, WILLIAM ( - ) Newmarket, Cambridgeshire.

Notes Saw the recorded and rejected 1873 Norfolk Great Bustard. Informed Babington of the 1873 Suffolk Scops Owl. Informed Babington about the rejected 1874 Suffolk Pine Grosbeak. Informed Babington of the 1881 Suffolk White's Thrush. Informed Babington of the 1882 Suffolk Little Bustard. Informed Babington of the 1883 Suffolk Night Heron. Informed Babington about the 1883 Suffolk Roller. Preserved the 1884 Suffolk Tengmalm's Owl. Preserved the 1884 Suffolk/Cambridgeshire Roller. Preserved the 1890 Norfolk Whiskered Tern.

Comment Lack (1934: 47) omitted all his records because of his unreliability.

HUDSON ( - ) Ipswich, Suffolk.

Notes Preserved the 1903 Suffolk White-tailed Eagle.

HUTCHINGS ( - ) Aberystwyth, Ceredigion.

Notes Preserved the rejected 1890 Gould's Petrel. Preserved the 1905 Caernarfonshire Baillon's Crake.

HUTCHINSON, A. S. ( - ) 18, Green Lane, Derby. c.1880-1910.

Notes Saw the 1868 Yorkshire Great White Egret. Preserved the 1887 Derbyshire White-tailed Eagle. Identified and preserved the c.1893 Derbyshire Whiskered Tern.

Comment Their work was considered of a high standard so much so that he was responsible for setting up Seebohm’s collection housed in Sheffield Museum. He also co-authored the Birds of Derbyshire (1893).

HUTTON, LEWIS ( - ) Broad Quay, Bristol, Avon.

Notes Preserved the 1909 Avon Red-breasted Goose.

INGLIS ( - ) Dingwall, Ross & Cromarty, Highland.

Notes Preserved the 1897 Highland Rose-coloured Starling.

JACKSON, C. ( - ) Looe, Cornwall.

Notes Preserved the 1842 At sea (Cornwall) Alpine Swift.

JACKSON, J. ( - )

Notes Owned the 1874 Yorkshire Glossy Ibis. Preserved the 1889 Durham Little Bittern. Restuffed the 1892 Cleveland Macqueen's Bustard.

JARVIS ( - )

Notes Employed by Picken and set up the 1901 Lancashire Lesser Kestrel.

JEFFERIES, THOMAS RICHARD & SONS ( - ) King Street, Carmarthen.

Comment Moved from London to Wales and was considered as good taxidermists.

JEFFERY, JUN., W. ( - ) Ratham, Chichester, Sussex.

Notes Recorded the rejected 1863 Sussex Red-winged Starling. Recorded the 1865 Sussex White Stork. Recorded and examined the 1869 Sussex Little Bittern. Recorded the two rejected 1876 Sussex Night Herons. Recorded the 1876 Sussex Glossy Ibis.

JEFFERY, W. ( - ) Gosport, Hampshire.

Notes Preserved and recorded the 1884 Hampshire Scops Owl.

JEFFREYS, F. ( - ) Grainsby, Lincolnshire; Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire.

Notes Preserved the 1888 Lincolnshire Night Heron. Preserved the 1902 Lincolnshire Great Bustard.

JELL, G. ( - ) Lydd, Kent.

Notes Preserved the 1856 Kent Black Stork. Preserved the 1871 Kent March White Stork. Preserved the 1871 Kent May White Stork.

JOHNSON, G. ( - ) Norwich, Norfolk.

Notes Bought the two 1839 Norfolk Little Bitterns and sold them to J. H. Gurney. Preserved the rejected 1839 Norfolk Spotted Sandpiper.

JOHNSTON ( - ) Stirling, Upper Forth.

Notes Preserved the three 1863 Stirlingshire Pallas's Sandgrouse.

JONES ( - ) Bridlington, Yorkshire.

Notes Preserved the rejected 1864 Yorkshire Gyr Falcon - was a Goshawk. Preserved the 1892 Yorkshire Common Crane.

KENT, R. ( - ) St Leonards, Sussex.

Notes Shot, recorded and preserved the 1857 Sussex White-rumped Sandpiper. Preserved and owned the 1859 Sussex Little Crake. Preserved the 1871 Sussex Rose-coloured Starling.

KERRISON, E. P. ( - ) Charles Street, Wrexham, Denbighshire.

Notes Recorded the 1868 Denbighshire Red-footed Falcon.

KEW, H. ( - ) Louth, Lincolnshire.

Notes Preserved the 1880 Lincolnshire Tengmalm's Owl. Preserved the 1880 Lincolnshire Bee-eater. Preserved the 1889 Lincolnshire Two-barred Crossbill. Preserved the 1902 Lincolnshire White-tailed Eagle.

KING ( - ) Warminster, Wiltshire.

Notes Preserved the 1868 Wiltshire Great Snipe. Preserved the 1871 Wiltshire Great Bustard to Salisbury Museum.

KIRKBY ( - ) Ulverston, Cumbria.

Notes Preserved the rejected 1876 Cumbria Purple Swamp-hen. Identified the 1886 Cumbria Little Crake.

KIRKE ( - ) Glasgow.

Notes Preserved the c.1889 Outer Hebrides Gyr Falcon. Preserved the 1903 Outer Hebrides Gyr Falcon.

KITCHING, G. ( - ) Whitby, Yorkshire.

Notes Shot the 1861 Yorkshire Pine Grosbeak. Owned the 1871 Yorkshire Collared Pratincole. Shot the 1872 Yorkshire Crested Tit.

KNIGHT ( - ) Norwich, Norfolk.

Notes Preserved the 1848 Norfolk Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. Preserved the 1849 Norfolk Little Bittern. Preserved the 1851 Norfolk Caspian Tern. Preserved the 1860 Norfolk Norton Little Bustard. Re-stuffed the 1867 Norfolk Rose-coloured Starling.

LARKHAM ( - ) Roehampton, Sussex.

Notes Preserved the pre1845 Surrey White-tailed Eagle.

LEADBEATER & SON (1760 - 1837) 19, Brewer Street, Piccadilly, London. Mid 19th Century.

Notes Bought the 1812 London Little Crake. Preserved the rejected 1824 Lincolnshire Black-winged Stilt. Preserved the 1824 Norfolk Black-winged Stilt. Preserved the 1836 Kent Tengmalm's Owl. Preserved the 1855 Hertfordshire Rose-coloured Starling. Preserved the 1856 Berkshire Great Bustard. Preserved the 1858 Northamptonshire Little Bustard. Preserved the 1859 Norfolk Pallas's Sandgrouse. Preserved the 1867 Dorset July Squacco Heron.

Biography Benjamin Leadbeater (1760-1837) started the business about 1800. Highly respected taxidermist. He was in partnership with his son John

(d. 1852) who called himself Ornithologist to Her Majesty and the Royal Family. On his death the business passed to his eldest son Benjamin.

LEE, L. ( - ) 26, Drury Hill, Nottingham.

Notes Recorded and preserved the two 1879 Derbyshire Bee-eaters.

LEE, R. ( - ) Market Place, Thirsk, Yorkshire.

Notes Preserved and recorded the two 1892 Yorkshire White-tailed Eagles. Preserved and recorded the 1892 Yorkshire Lesser Kestrel. Preserved the 1895 Yorkshire American Wigeon. Preserved the 1925-26 Yorkshire Great Bustard.

LEGG, D. ( - ) Weymouth, Dorset.

Notes Preserved the 1853 Dorset Surf Scoter.

LOTEN, PHILLIP W. ( - ) Easington, Yorkshire.

Notes Informed Nelson of the 1876 Yorkshire White-tailed Eagle. Preserved the 1888 Yorkshire Pectoral Sandpiper. Received the 1888 Yorkshire Two-barred Crossbill. Preserved the 1891 Yorkshire Icterine Warbler. Preserved the 1892 Yorkshire Barred Warbler. Preserved the 1897 Yorkshire Pectoral Sandpiper. Recorded and examined the 1902 Yorkshire Little Bustard.

LOWNE, WALTER (1853 - 00/02/1915) Caister Road; 40, Fuller's Hill, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

Notes Owned the 1882 Norfolk White-tailed Eagle. Preserved the 1883 Norfolk Roller. Preserved the 1884 Suffolk Great Snipe. Preserved and informed Babington about the 1885 Norfolk Little Bustard. Preserved the 1888 Norfolk Little Bustard. Preserved and recorded the 1889 Norfolk Little Bittern. Preserved the 1890 Norfolk Caspian Plover. Preserved the 1891 Norfolk Scops Owl. Owned the 1892 Norfolk Common Rosefinch. Preserved the two 1893 Norfolk Little Bitterns. Preserved the 1902 Norfolk Little Bustard. Preserved the 1904 Norfolk Serin. Preserved the 1911 Norfolk Serin.

MCCULLOCH & SONS ( - ) 166, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. c.1829-1910.

Notes Preserved the rejected 1863 Argyll Purple Swamp-hen. Preserved the 1866 Lanarkshire Roller. Preserved the pre1869 Clyde Dowitcher sp. Preserved the 1875 Argyll American Bittern.

MACHIN, T. ( - ) Bridlington, Yorkshire.

Notes Preserved the now rejected 1864/5 Yorkshire Bufflehead. Owned the 1869 Yorkshire Red-footed Falcon. Preserved the 1897 Yorkshire White-tailed Eagle.

Comment Unreliable. See Bufflehead.

MACLEAY, W. ( - ) 65 or 80, Church Street, Inverness, Highland.

Notes Preserved the two 1859 Highland Snowy Owls. Preserved the 1868 Highland Snowy Owl. Preserved the 1868 Highland Roller. Preserved the 1868 Highland Nutcracker. Preserved the 1884 Skye Gyr Falcon. Preserved the 1890 Outer Hebrides Ivory Gull. Preserved the 1891 Argyll Wilson's Storm-petrel. Preserved the 1906 Outer Hebrides Gyr Falcon.

MALLOCH, G. D. ( - ) Perth.

Notes Preserved the 1901 Highland Gyr Falcon. Preserved the 1933 Dumfries & Galloway Upland Sandpiper. Preserved the ten 1907 Orkney Glossy Ibis.

MALLOCH, PETER DUNCAN (1853 - 1921) Business at High Street then Scott Street, Perth.

Notes Shot the 1883 Perth & Kinross American Golden Plover.

MANSELL, T. ( - ) Farnham, Surrey.

Notes Preserved the 1854 Surrey Little Bittern.

MARSDEN, HERBERT WALTER (1842 - 1919) Various addresses, Gloucestershire; Guildford Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Notes Preserved the rejected 1908 Gloucestershire Downy Woodpecker.

MARSHALL, A. ( - ) Arbroath, Angus & Dundee.

Notes Shot the 1887 Angus & Dundee Desert Wheatear.

MATHER, T. ( - ) Liverpool, Lancashire.

Notes Preserved the 1857 Flintshire Roller.

MAY, W. ( - ) East Grinstead, Sussex.

Notes Recorded and examined the 1849 Sussex Roller.

MCCLEAY, WILLIAM & SON ( - ) Inverness.

Comment

MCNICHOL, N. ( - ) Westfield, Thurso, Caithness.

Notes Recorded and preserved the 1876 Caithness Gyr Falcon. Shot the 1887 Caithness Gyr Falcon.

MITCHELL, ALEXANDER ( - ) 37, Castle Street, Aberdeen.

Notes Preserved the 1851 Aberdeenshire Common Crane. Saw the pre1853 North-east Scotland Snowy Owl. Preserved the 1854 North-east Scotland American Bittern. Preserved the 1855 North-east Scotland Eskimo Curlew. Preserved the rejected 1867 North-east Scotland Pectoral Sandpiper. Preserved the two rejected 1867 North-east Scotland Spotted Sandpipers. Preserved the 1867 North-east Scotland Rosy Starling. Preserved the rejected 1867 North-east Scotland White-throated Sparrow. Preserved the 1868 Aberdeenshire September Little Bittern.

MURRAY, A. J. ( - c.1960) Carnforth, Lancashire.

Notes Identified the 1949 Greater Manchester Whiskered Tern.

MUSSELL, GEORGE ( - ) Redcar, Yorkshire & Middlesborough, Cleveland.

Notes Shot the 1869 Cleveland White-winged Black Tern. Preserved the misidentified 1881 Cleveland Blue-winged Teal.

MUTCH ( - ) Aberdeen.

Notes Preserved the 1924 North-east Scotland White Stork.

NAYLOR, W. ( - ) Whalley, Lancashire.

Notes Shot and owned the 1848 Lancashire Roller. Preserved the 1872 Lancashire Wallcreeper.

NEWMAN, John ( - ) Royston, Hertfordshire.

Notes Did business with William Yarrell.

NEWBY, D. ( - ) Thetford, Norfolk.

Notes Preserved the 1873 Norfolk Common Crane.

NICHOLLS, JUN., H. ( - ) Roselands, Kingsbridge, Devon.

Notes Owned the 1839 Devon Little Bustard. Owned the 1844 Devon Night Heron. Owned the two pre 1846 Devon Little Bitterns. Owned the pre1847 Devon Little Bustard. Examined the rejected c.1851 Somerset Pine Grosbeak. Preserved the 1852 Devon Little Bittern. Recorded the 1857 Devon Dowitcher sp. Recorded the 1857 Devon Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Recorded and examined the 1858 Devon Bee-eater. Preserved the c.1862 Devon Surf Scoter. Recorded and preserved the 1864 Devon Little Bustard. Recorded the 1869 Devon Common Crane. Recorded the 1876 Devon Night Heron. Recorded and examined the 1876 Devon Rufous Bush Robin. Recorded and owned the 1879 Devon Green-winged Teal.

NICHOLLS, R. P. ( - ) Fore Street, Kingsbridge, Devon.

Notes Bought the 1879 Devon Green-winged Teal. Recorded and owned the 1876 Devon Rufous Bush Robin.

NORMAN, J. ( - ) Royston, Hertfordshire.

Notes Preserved the 1843 Hertfordshire Rock Thrush. Preserved the rejected 1844 Cambridgeshire Passenger Pigeon. Preserved the 1856 Hertfordshire Woodchat Shrike.

OSMAN ( - ) Oxford.

Notes Preserved the 1859 Oxfordshire Little Bustard.

PAISEY ( - ) Swindon, Wiltshire.

Notes Preserved the 1915 Wiltshire Glossy Ibis.

PASHLEY, H. N. (06/10/1843 - 30/01/1924) Cley-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk. c.1880-1924.

Notes Preserved the 1885 Norfolk Red-winged Blackbird. Preserved the 1887 Norfolk Night Heron. Preserved the 1888 Norfolk Black Stork. Preserved 33 of the 1888 Norfolk Pallas's Sandgrouse. Preserved the 1892 Norfolk Great Snipe. Saw the two 1893 Norfolk White-winged Black Terns. Pre erved the 1894 Norfolk Yellow-browed Warbler. Preserved the 1895 Norfolk Broad-billed Sandpiper. Preserved the 1896 Norfolk Icterine Warbler. Preserved the 1896 Norfolk Pallas's Leaf Warbler. Preserved the rejected 1897 Norfolk Great Snipe. Saw the four 1898 Norfolk Common Cranes. Preserved the 1899 Norfolk Night Heron. Preserved the 1899 Norfolk Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Preserved the two 1899 Norfolk Great Snipes. Preserved the 1899 Norfolk Icterine Warbler. Preserved the 1901 Norfolk Great Snipe. Preserved the 1903 Norfolk Aquatic Warbler. Preserved the 1903 Norfolk Icterine Warbler. Preserved the 1904 Norfolk Aquatic Warbler. Preserved the two 1905 Norfolk Great Snipes. Preserved the 1905 Norfolk Red-breasted Flycatcher. Preserved the 1905 Norfolk Yellow-breasted Bunting. Preserved the two 1906 Norfolk Red-breasted Flycatchers. Preserved the two 1907 Norfolk Richard's Pipits. Preserved the 1907 Norfolk Desert Wheatear. Preserved the 1907 Norfolk Yellow-browed Warbler. Preserved the 1907 Norfolk Red-breasted Flycatcher. Examined and owned the 1907 Norfolk Parrot Crossbill. Preserved the three 1908 Norfolk Richard's Pipits. Preserved the two 1908 Norfolk Yellow-browed Warblers. Preserved the three 1908 Norfolk Red-breasted Flycatchers. Preserved the 1909 Norfolk Richard's Pipit. Preserved the two 1911 Norfolk Great Snipes. Preserved the 1912 Norfolk Little Bustard. Preserved the 1912 Norfolk Aquatic Warbler. Preserved the 1913 Norfolk Yellow-breasted Bunting. Examined the 1920 At sea Sora. Preserved the 1921 Norfolk Icterine Warbler. Saw the 1922 Norfolk Icterine Warbler. Preserved the 1922 Norfolk Arctic Warbler.

PAUL OR PAULL, R. ( - ) Helston, Cornwall.

Notes Preserved the eleven 1828 Cornwall Bee-eaters. Preserved the 1835 Cornwall Little Bustard.

PEACOCK ( - ) Plymouth, Devon.

Notes Preserved the 1876 Devon Lesser Grey Shrike.

PERCY-THOMAS, R. J. ( - ) Looe, Cornwall.

Notes Preserved and recorded the 1919 Cornwall Little Bustard.

PETTITT, J. ( - ) Colchester, Essex.

Notes Informed Christy about the rejected 1888 Essex Gyr Falcon. Handled the 1890 Essex White-tailed Eagle. Handled the 1891 Essex Elmstead Spotted Eagle. Preserved the 1907 Essex Common Crane. Obtained the 1921 Essex Lesser Yellowlegs.

PICKIN, J. ( - ) 83, Bridge Street, Manchester.

Notes Recorded and preserved the 1887 Cheshire Purple Heron. Preserved the 1889 Dumfries & Galloway Roller. Preserved the 1901 Greater Manchester Lesser Kestrel.

PICKIN, T. ( - ) 93, Market Street, Manchester.

Notes Recorded and preserved the 1882 Anglesey Little Bittern. Recorded and preserved the 1884 Greater Manchester Great Snipe.

PINCOMBE, ABRAHAM ( - ) Chapel Street, Devonport, Devon; Naturalist, 24 Market Street, Devonport, Devon.

Notes Owned a rejected pre 1837 Devon Red-footed Falcon. Shot the pre 1839 Devon Woodchat Shrike. Owned the pre 1863 Cornwall Gyr Falcon. Preserved the rejected 1863 Cornwall Calandra Lark. Preserved the pre1863 Devon Red-footed Falcon.

Biography Unreliable. Fellow Taxidermist J. Brooking Rowe stated to J. H. Gurney that "No reliance is to be placed on anything Pincombe says, and that the specimen was obtained here is to be recieved with caution. The onlt thing to be said in favour of the authenticity of the specimen is its possessor's ignorance of the bird."

PODD ( - ) Ipswich, Suffolk.

Notes Babington bought the rejected 1883 Suffolk White-billed Diver from him. Preserved the 1876 Suffolk Roller.

PRATT & SONS ( - ) 15, Cranborne Street and Ship Street and 11, North Street Quadrant, Brighton, Sussex. 1890-1945.

Notes Shot and preserved the 1853 Sussex Aquatic Warbler. Recorded the 1863 Sussex White-tailed Eagle. Preserved the 1865 Sussex White Stork. Preserved the 1866 Sussex Woodchat Shrike. Preserved the 1869 Sussex Tawny Pipit. Preserved the 1869 Sussex Richard's Pipit. Preserved the 1876 Sussex Tawny Pipit. Preserved the 1880 Orkney Surf Scoter. Preserved the 1881 Sussex Crested Lark. Owned and preserved the 1883 Sussex American Bittern. Preserved the rejected 1890 Sussex Ruddy Shelduck. Recorded and preserved the 1891 Suffolk Greater Spotted Eagle. Examined and preserved the 1894 Sussex Little Bittern. Examined and preserved the 1894 Sussex Baillon's Crake. Examined and identified the 1897 Hampshire Aquatic Warbler. Preserved the 1911 Sussex Sooty Tern.

PYCROFT, M. ( - ) Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

Notes Recorded and preserved the 1888 Norfolk Dark-breasted Barn Owl.

RAINE, R. (1873-1943) Edenhall, Penrith, Cumbria.

Notes Shot two of the 1888 Cumbria Pectoral Sandpipers.

REID, HUGH. ( - ) Doncaster, Yorkshire.

Notes Preserved the 1834 Yorkshire Great White Egret. Preserved the four 1845 Yorkshire Two-barred Crossbills. Owned the 1848 rejected Nottinghamshire Spotted Sandpiper. Preserved and recorded the 1851 Warwickshire Upland Sandpiper. Had his assistant preserve the 1854 Nottinghamshire Lesser Yellowlegs.

REYNOLDS, R. ( - ) Thetford, Norfolk.

Notes Preserved the 1843 Norfolk White-tailed Eagle. Preserved and owned the 1843 Suffolk Rose-coloured Starling. Preserved two of the 1846 Suffolk Two-barred Crossbills.

RICHARDSON ( - ) Horsham, Sussex.

Notes Preserved the 1892 Sussex Purple Swamp-hen.

RICHARDSON ( - ) Beverley, Yorkshire.

Notes Examined the 1869 Yorkshire White Stork. Preserved the 1870 Nottinghamshire Little Bittern.

RIX, F. ( - ) Thetford, Norfolk.

Notes Preserved the 1900 Suffolk Sooty Tern.

ROBERTS, M. ( - ) Penzance, Cornwall.

Notes Shot the 1847 Cornwall Ivory Gull. Preserved the 1861 Cornwall Roller.

ROBERTS, T. ( - ) Castle Meadow, Norwich, Norfolk.

Notes Re-stuffed the 1848 Norfolk Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. Preserved the 1871 Norfolk Purple Heron. Preserved the 1882 Suffolk Purple Heron. Preserved the 1901 Northamptonshire Tengmalm's Owl.

ROGERS ( - ) Plymouth, Devon.

Notes Preserved the rejected 1866 Devon Woodchat Shrike.

ROSE ( - ) Coggeshall, Essex.

Notes Preserved the 1887 Essex Rose-coloured Starling.

ROSE, WILLIAM B. ( - ) Nottingham.

Notes Preserved the 1905 Nottinghamshire Dusky Thrush.

ROWE, JAMES. BROOKING ( - ) Heamoor, Devon; Castle Barbican, Plympton, Devon.

Notes Owned the 1866 Devon Gull-billed Tern. Preserved the 1890 Cornwall Least Sandpiper.

SAUNDERS, E. C. (1872 - 1956) Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

Notes Preserved the 1895 Norfolk Great Snipe. Preserved the 1896 Norfolk Great Spotted Cuckoo. Saw the rejected 1901 Norfolk White-billed Diver. Shot and preserved the 1906 Norfolk Purple Heron. Preserved the 1912 Norfolk Squacco Heron. Reported the 1913 Norfolk Ortolan Bunting. Preserved the 1916 Norfolk White Stork. Preserved the 1916 Norfolk Little Bustard. Preserved the 1917 Norfolk Cattle Egret. Preserved the 1922 Norfolk Serin. Preserved the 1926 Norfolk Glossy Ibis. Preserved the 1927 Norfolk Ferruginous Duck.

SAVILLE, S. P. ( - ) 13, Regent Street, Cambridge; High Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk.

Notes Preserved the 1854 Cambridge Upland Sandpiper. Recorded the 1862 Highland Snowy Owl. Owned the 1863 Orkney Demoiselle Crane. Recorded the 1864 Cambridgeshire Little Crake.

SAYER, J. ( - ) Norwich, Norfolk.

Notes Preserved the rejected 1839 Norfolk Spotted Sandpiper. Preserved the rejected 1840 Norfolk Dowitcher sp. Preserved the 1865 Norfolk Roller.

SCHUMACH, H. F. ( - ) Southwell, Nottinghamshire.

Notes Preserved the c.1875 Nottinghamshire Two-barred Crossbill; his son Henry passed it to Whitaker.

SELOUS, P. S. ( - ) Nobold, Near Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

Notes Recorded and the 1869 Shropshire Gyr Falcon.

SERGENT, F. ( - ) Oban, Argyll.

Notes Preserved the 1927 Outer Hebrides Blue-winged Teal.

SETH-SMITH, D. ( - ) Canning Road, Addiscombe, Croydon, Surrey.

Notes Recorded the two 1904 Kent Serins. Recorded the 1930 Devon Alpine Swift. Recorded the three 1931 Bedfordshire Red-breasted Flycatchers. Examined the 1932 Lincolnshire White-tailed Eagle.

SHARPLES ( - ) Preston, Lancashire.

Notes Preserved the 1859 Lancashire Glossy Ibis.

SHAW, H. D. (03/10/1812 - 07/10/1887) Tarporley, Cheshire; 45, High Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

Notes Owned the 1841 Shropshire Short-toed Lark. Preserved and recorded the 1861 Essex Collared Pratincole. Preserved the rejected 1864 Norfolk Squacco Heron. Re-stuffed the 1865 Cumbria Gyr Falcon. Preserved the 1872 Shropshire Tengmalm's Owl. Preserved the 1876 Denbighshire Gyr Falcon. Owned the 1886 Shropshire Great Reed Warbler.

SHAW, J. (1816 - 00/07/1888) 82, Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

Notes Preserved the 1869 Shropshire Gyr Falcon. Recorded and preserved the 1873 Lancashire Great Snipe.

SHAW, T. ( - ) Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

Notes Preserved and recorded the 1866 Shropshire Richard's Pipit.

SHOPLAND ( - ) Torquay, Devon.

Notes Preserved the rejected 1876 Devon Caspian Tern.

SKELTON, N. ( - ) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Notes Shot and preserved the rejected 1857 Gloucestershire Parrot Crossbill. Preserved the three 1861 Gloucestershire Parrot Crossbills.

SKINNER ( - ) Ynyslas, Ceredigion.

Notes Preserved the 1886 Ceredigion Cream-coloured Courser.

SMALL, W. & SONS ( - 1860) 38, George Street, Edinburgh, Lothian.

Notes Bought the 1862 Caithness American Bittern in c.1863. Preserved the 1868 Clyde Cream-coloured Courser. Preserved the 1880 Sutherland White-tailed Eagle. Preserved the 1886 Shetland Green-winged Teal. Preserved the 1887 Angus & Dundee Desert Wheatear. Preserved the 1909 Orkney Little Bittern. Biography: In practice between 1851-1908.

SMALLEY, F. W. (1880 - 21/12/1933) Challan Hall, Silverdale, Lancashire; Parkstone.

Notes Recorded the 1906 Orkney King Eider. Recorded and owned the 1908 Outer Hebrides Gyr Falcon. Recorded and preserved the 1909 Outer Hebrides White-throated Sparrow. Recorded and examined the 1917 Norfolk Cattle Egret.

SMITH, F. ( - ) Shop in Newport, Isle Of Wight.

Notes Preserved the 1876 Wight Rose-coloured Starling. Preserved the 1890 Wight Purple Heron. Preserved the 1896 Wight Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Biography: retired to Mill Hill, Cowes.

SMITH, M. ( - ) Leeds, Yorkshire.

Notes Preserved the 1852 Yorkshire American Mottled Owl.

STANLEY, J. ( - ) Trent Street, Nottingham.

Notes Preserved the 1879 Lincolnshire Bee-eater. Preserved the 1884 Nottinghamshire Black-headed Bunting. Preserved the 1893 Nottinghamshire Baillon's Crake.

STEELS, G. ( - ) Pocklington, Yorkshire.

Notes Preserved the 1902 Yorkshire Squacco Heron.

STEVENS, SAMUEL ( - ) 24, Bloomsbury Street and 38, King Street, Covent Garden, London

Biography Highly respected taxidermist.

STONE, A. ( - ) Weston-Super-Mare, Avon.

Notes Preserved the Avon Ivory Gull.

STONE, H. ( - ) Drayton, Weston-Super-Mare, Avon.

Notes Preserved the 1864 Avon Little Bittern. Preserved and recorded the 1894 Somerset Little Bustard.

STRATTON, T. ( - ) Hitchin, Hertfordshire.

Notes Preserved the c.1890 Hertfordshire Little Bittern.

STUART. ( - ) Eastgate, Beverley, Yorkshire.

Notes Recorded and preserved the 1893 Yorkshire White-tailed Eagle. Preserved the 1894 Yorkshire Rose-coloured Starling.

STUBBS, J. ( - ) Ripon, Yorkshire.

Notes Preserved the rejected 1837 Yorkshire Bulwer's Petrel.

SWAINE, A. W. (1914 - 1960) Bradford, Yorkshire.

Notes Saw the two rejected 1948 Yorkshire Pectoral Sandpipers.

SWAYSLAND, G. & SON ( - ) Cranbourne Street, West Street, Brighton and Queen's Road, Brighton, Sussex.

Notes Had several Spotted Sandpipers in 1854. Shot and preserved the 1854 Sussex Rufous Bush Robin. Preserved the 1854 Sussex Short-toed Lark. Preserved the 1858 Sussex Parrot Crossbill. Preserved the 1862 Sussex Tawny Pipit. Preserved the 1864 Sussex Tawny Pipit. Preserved the 1864 Sussex Little Bunting. Sent the 1865 Sussex Richard's Pipit to Dawson Rowley for examination. Preserved the 1866 Sussex Serin. Kept in his aviary the rejected 1866 Sussex Red-winged Blackbird. Preserved the 1867 Sussex Great Snipe. Preserved the 1867 Sussex Richard's Pipit. Preserved the 1867 Sussex Rustic Bunting. Preserved the 1868 Sussex White-tailed Eagle. Preserved the 1868 Sussex Black-throated Thrush. Preserved the 1869 Sussex Common Rosefinch. Preserved the 1870 Sussex Roller. Preserved the 1870 Sussex Tawny Pipit. Preserved the 1870 Sussex Rose-coloured Starling. Owned the rejected pre 1871 Sussex Spotted Sandpiper. Preserved the rejected 1873 Sussex Short-toed Lark. Preserved the 1873 Sussex Serin. Recorded the 1875 Sussex Tawny Pipit. Preserved the 1879 Sussex Little Bustard. Preserved the 1882 Sussex Gyr Falcon. Preserved the rejected 1884 Sussex Red-throated Pipit. Preserved the rejected 1888 Sussex Purple Heron. Shot and preserved the rejected 1890 Sussex Red-breasted Flycatcher. Preserved the rejected pre1890 Sussex Pine Grosbeak.

Biography Unreliable. See A. H. J. Harrop, British Birds 112: 89-98.

SYKES, F. ( - ) Norfolk Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire.

Notes Preserved the rejected 1864 Lincolnshire Hawk Owl.

TANDY, E. ( - )

Notes Preserved and owned the 1888 Cumbria Pectoral Sandpiper which he later presented to the Tullie House Museum.

THOMPSON, E. ( - ) Scarborough, Yorkshire.

Notes Recorded the rejected 1879 Yorkshire Snowy Owl. Owned the imported 1881 Yorkshire Little Egret.

THURNALL ( - )

Notes Preserved the 1851 Highland Gyr Falcon.

TINKLER ( - ) Stanhope, Co. Durham.

Notes Preserved the c.1869 Durham Little Bittern. Preserved the 1876 Durham Collared Pratincole.

TRACY, J. ( - ) Pembroke.

Notes Recorded the 1832 Pembrokeshire Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Preserved the 1834 Pembrokeshire Glossy Ibis. Preserved the c.1834 Pembrokeshire Gyr Falcon. Shot and preserved the c.1857 Pembrokeshire Night Heron. Shot and preserved the 1868 Pembrokeshire Night Heron. Preserved the 1868 Pembrokeshire Scops Owl.

TRAVIS, J. ( - ) Saffron Walden, Essex.

Notes Preserved the rejected pair of 1823 Essex Parrot Crossbills. Preserved the 1856 Essex Rose-coloured Starling. Preserved the 1865 Suffolk Roller. Preserved the 1872 Essex Glossy Ibis. Preserved the 1879-80 winter Essex Little Bittern. Preserved the 1879 Essex Great Bustard. Preserved the rejected 1882 Cambridgeshire Pine Grosbeak. Preserved the 1888 Essex Scops Owl. Preserved the 1894 Essex White's Thrush. Preserved the rejected 1895 Cambridgeshire Brünnich's Guillemot. Preserved the 1897 Cambridgeshire Black-browed Albatross. Preserved the 1897 Norfolk Little Bustard. Preserved the 1901 Essex Gull-billed Tern.

Biography

TRUSCOTT, J. ( - ) North Street, Exeter, Devon.

Notes Preserved the 1851 Devon Chudleigh Rose-coloured Starling. Handled the rejected 1854-55 Devon Pine Grosbeak. Preserved the 1866 Devon Glossy Ibis. Preserved the rejected 1869 Devon Calandra Lark.

TURNER, P. ( - ) Penrith, Cumbria.

Notes Preserved the 1845 Cumbria Squacco Heron.

UNWIN, W. C. ( - ) Lewes, Sussex.

Notes Preserved the 1840 Sussex Collared Pratincole.

VARLEY, J. ( - ) Almondbury Bank, Huddersfield, Yorkshire.

Notes Recorded the 1874 Yorkshire Baillon's Crake. Recorded the 1873 Yorkshire Great Snipe.

VINGOE, W. H. (1808 - 1888) Penzance, Cornwall.

Notes Owned the 1837 Oxfordshire Purple Heron. Shot and preserved the four 1843 Cornwall Richard's Pipits. Shot the two 1846 Cornwall Crested Larks. Preserved the 1848 Cornwall White Stork. Preserved the 1850 Cornwall Baillon's Crake. Shot and owned the 1853 Cornwall Least Sandpiper. Preserved and owned the 1853 Cornwall Roller. Preserved the 1853 Cornwall Rose-coloured Starling. Preserved the 1860 Cornwall Greater Spotted Eagle. Preserved the 1860 Cornwall Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Preserved the 1863 Scilly Pallas's Sandgrouse. Preserved the 1863 Scilly Red-breasted Flycatcher. Preserved the 1865 Scilly Surf Scoter. Preserved the 1867 Scilly Surf Scoter. Preserved the 1867 Cornwall Purple Heron. Preserved the 1869 Cornwall Little Bustard. Preserved the 1870 Cornwall White-rumped Sandpiper. Preserved the 1877 Cornwall Baillon's Crake. Preserved the 1880 Cornwall Crested Lark. Preserved the 1881 Scilly Common Crane. Preserved the 1882 Scilly Solitary Sandpiper. Preserved the 1882 Scilly White-winged Black Tern. Preserved the 1884 Cornwall Cream-coloured Courser. Owned the 1884 Cornwall Solitary Sandpiper. Preserved the 1884 Scilly White's Thrush. Preserved the 1885 Scilly Killdeer. Preserved the 1886 Scilly White's Thrush. Owned the 1887 Cornwall Yellow-billed Cuckoo.

WADHAM, P. ( - ) Newport, Isle Of Wight.

Notes Preserved the 1895 Wight Lesser Kestrel. Recorded and preserved the 1902 Wight White Stork. Preserved the 1903 Wight Lesser Kestrel.

WARD, Edwin ( - ) 11, Thayer Street, Manchester Square, London; 49, Wigmore Street, Cavendish Square, London.

Notes Recorded and preserved the 1863 Cheshire White-tailed Eagle. Recorded and preserved the 1863 Norfolk Pallas’s Sandgrouse. Recorded and preserved the 1869 Devon Night Heron. Recorded and preserved the 1870 Kent White-tailed Eagle. Preserved the rejected 1873 Herefordshire Squacco Heron. Preserved the two 1875 Highland Common Cranes.

WARD, H. ( - 1878) 2, Vere Street, London.

Notes Preserved the three 1862 Norfolk Great Snipes. Preserved and recorded the 1867 Caithness Snowy Owl.

WARD, Rowland J. (1835 - 28/12/1912) 158 and 166, Piccadilly; Vere Street, London; Oxford Street, London.

Notes Handled the rejected pre 1852 Greater London Spotted Sandpiper. Handled the rejected [imported] 1864 Norfolk Squacco Heron. Preserved the 1864 Wiltshire White-tailed Eagle. Preserved the 1869 Norfolk Common Crane. Preserved the 1876 Orkney King Eider. Recorded and preserved the 1885 Essex Little Bustard. Preserved the 1885 Glamorganshire Little Bustard. Preserved the 1891 Essex Night Heron. Preserved the 1891 Hertfordshire Baillon's Crake. Restuffed the rejected 1908 Gloucestershire Downy Woodpecker. Preserved the 1935 Pembrokeshire Red-breasted Goose.

Comment The family business was started by his father Henry Ward who he worked along side. Eventually he was able to start his own business around 1872 at 27, Harley Street. He was considered as the premier taxidermist.

WATERS, A. C., James Birch & Frederick C. ( - ) Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, North-East Scotland.

Notes Preserved the 1902 North-east Scotland Glossy Ibis.

Comment Business founded by A. C. Waters and assisted by sons.

WEBSTER, R. ( - ) Sheffield, Yorkshire.

Notes Preserved the 1892 Derbyshire Great Snipe.

WELLER ( - ) Roughy Street, Cowfold, Sussex.

Notes Preserved the rejected 1857 Sussex Tengmalm's Owl.

WELLS, H. ( - ) Edwinstowe and Cockglode, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire.

Notes Preserved the rejected 1848 Nottinghamshire Spotted Sandpiper. Shot the rejected seven 1849 Nottinghamshire Parrot Crossbills. Shot the rejected four 1849 Nottinghamshire Two-barred Crossbills. Shot the 1859 Nottinghamshire Woodchat Shrike.

WELLS, H. ( - ) Goring-By-Sea And Worthing, Sussex.

Notes Informed J. H. Gurney about the rejected 1834 Norfolk Little Egret. Preserved the rejected pre 1871 Sussex Spotted Sandpiper. Preserved the 1900 Sussex, Baillon's Crake. Preserved and recorded the 1914 Sussex Little Bustard.

WHEELER, G. A. ( - ) St Augustine's, Bristol; Clifton, Avon.

Notes Preserved and owned the 1866 Avon Bee-eater. Preserved the rejected 1871 Gloucestershire White-tailed Eagle.

WHITE, H. ( - ) 13, Rodney Terrace, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Notes Recorded and preserved the 1861 Gloucestershire Rose-coloured Starling.

WHITE, J. T. ( - ) Bath Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Notes Owned the 1859 Somerset Glossy Ibis. Preserved the rejected 1860 Gloucestershire Bufflehead. Shot the 1860 Gloucestershire Alpine Accentor.

Biography Unreliable.

WIDDOWSON, R. ( - ) Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.

Notes Recorded the rejected 1865 Leicestershire Red-footed Falcon.

WILLET, H. ( - ) Brighton, Sussex.

Notes Preserved the 1876 Sussex Glossy Ibis. Purchased and preserved 1893 Sussex Dark-breasted Barn Owl. Presented the 1894 Sussex Little Bittern to the Booth Museum. Purchased and presented the 1894 Sussex Baillon's Crake to the Booth Museum.

WILSON ( - ) King's Lynn, Norfolk.

Notes Preserved the 1868 Norfolk Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. Preserved the 1870 Norfolk Little Bittern.

WINGATE, R. R. ( - ) Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland.

Notes Preserved the 1830 Northumberland White-tailed Eagle.

WYATT, W. ( - ) Banbury, Oxfordshire.

Notes Preserved the 1876 Oxfordshire Little Bittern.

YEARLEY, F. ( - ) Surrey.

Notes Preserved the 1853 Surrey Woodchat Shrike. Preserved the 1855 Surrey Night Heron. Preserved the c.1870 Surrey Little Bittern.

YEARLEY, SEN., ( - ) Surrey.

Notes Preserved the 1845 Surrey Rose-coloured Starling.

YEOMAN, C. ( - ) Southampton, Hampshire.

Notes Preserved the 1918 Devon Night Heron.