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No 3. Ornithology in Cumbria in The Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre Occasional Publication ORNITHOLOGY IN CUMBRIA IN THE 16TH, 17TH, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES: A BIBLIOGRAPHY No.3, Issue 1 August 2017 Illustration of Isabelline Wheatear from Rev. H.A. Macpherson’s A Vertebrate Fauna of Lakeland (1892) Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre collects, collates, manages and disseminates information relating to the biodiversity and geodiversity of the county on a not-for-profit basis, enabling others to better understand, protect and foster the natural environment of the region. Tel: 01228 618717 Email: [email protected] Post: Tullie House Museum, Castle Street, Carlisle. CA3 8TP Twitter: @CumbriaBDC Ornithology in Cumbria in the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries: a bibliography 1 Ornithology in Cumbria in the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries: a bibliography Robin M. Sellers,* Allen F. Armsby† and David Shackleton§ * Crag House, Ellerslie Park, Gosforth, Cumbria CA20 1BL; e-mail: [email protected] † 10 Cairn Wood, Heads Nook, Brampton, Cumbria CA8 9AH. § 8 Burnbanks, Bampton, Penrith, Cumbria CA10 2RW. Abstract: This document presents a list with full bibliographic details of publications relating to birds in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands published between the 16th and 19th centuries, together with details of where copies of the documents can be found (if known). Keywords: bibliography, birds, Cumberland, Lancashire, Westmorland Recommended citation: R.M.Sellers, A.F.Armsby and D.Shackleton, (2017), Cumbrian Biodiversity Data Centre Occasional Publication No.3, Issue 1, Ornithology in Cumbria the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries: a bibliography. Contents Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 The development of ornithology in Cumbria ................................................................................................... 2 Ornithology in Cumbria in the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries: a bibliography .................................... 2 Abbreviations .................................................................................................................................................. 2 Serial publications dealing with ornithology in Cumbria in the 18th and 19th centuries .......................... 2 Bibliographies .................................................................................................................................................. 2 Principal books about birds in Cumbria in the 18th and 19th centuries ..................................................... 3 Biographies and obituaries of Cumbrian ornithologists ............................................................................... 3 Book reviews ................................................................................................................................................... 3 Chronological list of articles etc on birds in Cumbria published in the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries ............................................................................................................................................. 3 Miscellaneous other publications ................................................................................................................ 22 Other material ............................................................................................................................................... 22 Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................................................... 22 References ....................................................................................................................................................... 22 Appendix 1. Societies with an interest in ornithology active in Cumbria in the 19th century .................... 23 Appendix 2. Availability of key sources ........................................................................................................... 23 Appendix 3. List of articles published by ‘Glaramara’ in the Carlisle Journal in 1882 on the ‘Birds of Cumberland’ .................................................................................................................................................. 24 Appendix 4. Summary of sources checked ..................................................................................................... 24 Introduction details of how to obtain copies of the material This report is a compilation of material published in the referenced either with the citation (again in square 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries on the ornithology of brackets) or for more general publications such as serials, Cumbria. It has been drawn up primarily on the basis of as shown in Appendix 1. four previous bibliographies, those by Mullens et al No attempt has been made here to distinguish (1920), Celoria (2001), Shackleton (2010) and Armsby between high quality publications and more run of the (2015) but includes some additional material not listed mill material, although it is clear that the quality varies by any of these sources identified during searches of a considerably. Nor can we vouch for the correctness of number of Journals including, Land and Water, Ibis, The any of the material; much more was taken on trust in the Naturalist and The Zoologist. 19th and earlier centuries and undoubtedly some The intention here has been to cite full bibliographic incorrect information will be included – let the user details (as would be required in a peer-reviewed journal) beware! though some details are wanting in certain instances Whilst a great deal of effort has been put into (indicated by a question mark in square brackets). Every identifying the items included, it is almost inevitable in a effort has been made to checking spellings and any odd work of this nature that some material has been spellings (‘Westmoreland’ for ‘Westmorland’, for overlooked, or that errors have crept in. We are acutely instance) are as in the original. Where necessary aware, for instance, that no systematic survey of the additional information is given briefly in square brackets county’s newspapers, often an important forum for the after the main citation. Also given, where known, are publication of material on natural history in the 19th 2 Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre Occasional Publication No.3, Issue 1 (2017) century, has been undertaken, and it would not be Serial publications dealing with ornithology in Cumbria surprising if articles from this source remained to be in the 19th century found. The authors would be pleased to hear of any new Proceedings of the Barrow Naturalists Field Club and material (no matter how brief or trivial it may seem), or Literary and Scientific Association of any corrections that need to be made, omissions, or The Naturalist (Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union) 1864-1899 1 suggestions for improvement. Transactions of the Barrow Field Naturalists’ Club 1876-1883, 1895-1899 The development of ornithology in Cumbria Transactions of the Cumberland Association for the The earliest published reference to birds in Cumbria Advancement of Literature and Science, Vol. 1-8, appears to be that contained in William Turner’s A Short thereafter became: and Succinct Account of the Principal Birds Mentioned by Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Pliny and Aristotle, originally published in Latin in 1544 Association for the Advancement of Literature and and which makes reference to ‘two white Ravens’ taken Science. Vol. 9 et seq. from the wild in Cumberland and trained to catch birds Westmorland Natural History Record after the fashion of falcons and hawks (further details in Sellers 2016). It was, however, not until the end of the Bibliographies 18th century and the publication of Heysham’s (1794) (1) C.Miller, (1890), Zoologist, 247-267, A catalogue of Catalogue of Cumberland Animals that ornithology in local lists of British birds. [provides titles of numerous Lakeland can really be said to have become properly works for various counties, including Cumberland established. There was a tremendous growth in interest (pp.250-251), Lancashire (pp.254-255) and about the birds of the region towards the end of the 19th Westmorland (p.269)]. century, with the 1880s and the 1890s being the peak years in terms of the number of publications. Many are, (2) A series of natural history bibliographies for the however, short, often just a paragraph or two, typically northern counties of England appeared in the recording the presence of individual species in specific Naturalist (Yorkshire) as follows: places. Amongst other things this appears to have been Year of Period fuelled by increasing prosperity and the growing interest Page numbers publication covered in natural history, better field guides and greater knowledge of birds, greater mobility provided by the 1885 152 – 156 1884 arrival of the railways, to say nothing of the efforts of 1886 239 – 241 1885 certain individuals (the Rev H.A.Macpherson, in 1889 115 – 127 1886 – 1887 particular, was extremely active in collecting and 1891 253 – 259 1888 publishing material on the birds of Lakeland). 1892 121 – 136; 1889 281 – 291 Ornithology in Cumbria in the 16th, 17th, 18th and 1893 115 – 137 1890 19th centuries: a bibliography 1894 177 – 199 1891 1896 147 – 171 1892 Abbreviations AFA Details from Armsby (2015) (3) W.H.Mullens, H.Kirke Swann and F.C.R.Jourdain,
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