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Abbotsbury Swannery, Devon 136

Adprint 2, 20, 24, 28, 272

Altringham, John 232

Amphibians and Reptiles (Beebee/Griffiths) 220, 221

Angler’s Entomology, An (Harris) 30, 68, 82, 82, 83

Ants (Brian) 156, 156, 157

Ants (Wragge Morley) 282–3, 283

Archibald, Myles ix, 196, 200, 220, 262, 266

Armitage, Jack 25

Armitage, Kenneth 17

Armstrong, Edward A. 116, 277

Art of Botanical Illustration, The (Blunt) 28, 62, 63, 116

Arundel Castle 6, 17

Atkinson, Robert 74

Atkinson, Ruth 11, 23, 24, 25, 26–7, 32, 35, 38, 42, 50, 52, 64, 278

Ayres, Gillian 17

Ayshford, Paul 12



Badger, The (Neal) 3, 25, 58, 272, 272–3, 302

Baker, Nick viii, 58

Ball, D. 200

Bath Academy of Art 15, 16, 17, 18

Bath Art Club 14

Bath School of Art 11, 13, 14–15

Bath Society of Artists 12, 14

Batsford 21

Bawden, Edward 9, 20

Baynard Press 26, 28, 64, 68, 70

Beaufoy, Sam 24, 120

Beddington, Jack 11

Beebee, Trevor 220

Beechfield 17

Bentley, Edward Clerihew 8

Benton, Ted 242

Berger, John 9

Bernhard, Tim 56, 92

Berry, R. J. ix, 166, 178, 266

Betjeman, John 4, 15

Binyon, Lawrence 14

Birds & Men (Nicholson) 30, 30, 70, 70, 71, 78, 80, 172

Birds of the London Area Since 1990 (Homes/London Natural History Society) 290, 290

Birtles, Dora 11

Bland, Bryan 252

Blezard, Ernest 144

Blunt, Wilfrid 62

Boyd, A. W. 52

Boyd, I. L. 198

Boyd, J. M. 198

Bradbury, Edward 277

Branson, Andrew 291

Brian, Dr M.V. 154

Bristowe, W.S. 3, 114

Britain in Pictures 2, 19–20

Britain’s Structure & Scenery (Stamp) 40, 41

British Amphibians and Reptiles, The (Smith) 76, 77

British Bats (Altringham) 232, 233

British Birds of Prey (Brown) 158, 158, 159

British Game (Vesey-Fitzgerald) 36, 36, 37, 46, 182

British Larks, Pipits & Wagtails (Simms) 202, 202, 203

British Mammals (Matthews) viii, 58, 78–9, 79

British Plant Life (Turrill) 45, 54, 55, 102

British Seals (Hewer) 6, 152, 153, 304

British Thrushes (Simms) 164, 164, 165

British Tits (Perrins) 162, 162, 163

British Warblers (Simms) 178, 180, 184, 188, 188, 189, 198

Broads, The (Ellis) 130–1, 131, 132

Broads, The (Moss) 224, 225

Brooks, Stephen 258

Brown, Leslie 158

Brown, M. E. 300

Buczacki, Stefan viii, ix, 78–9, 250

Bumblebees (Free/Butler) 118, 119, 212

Bumblebees (Benton) 242, 242, 243

Butler, Colin G. 118

Butterflies (Ford) 3, 20, 22–3, 24, 32, 33, 34, 35, 35, 38, 210

Butterfly Conservation 96

Buxton, Anthony 278, 280

Buxton, John 275



Cabot, David 214, 268

Campbell, Bruce 60, 142

Campbell, R.N. 196

Carson, Rachel 138

Caves and Cave Life (Chapman) 204, 204, 205

CEMA (Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts) 14

Cézanne, Paul 8

Chapman, Philip 204

Clark, Kenneth 14

Clay, Theresa 282

Climate and the British Scene (Manley) 80, 80, 81

Cohen, Patricia (‘Patsy’) 25, 136, 148

Collins ix, 1, 2, 4, 18, 19–20, 22, 23, 26–9, 42, 50, 56, 66, 67, 70, 82, 102, 104, 130, 141, 142, 152, 160, 162, 166, 180, 182, 184, 236, 258, 268, 272, 273, 276, 288, 290, 302

Collins Countryside 4, 18

Collins Guide to English Parish Churches 4

Collins, William viii, 2, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, 42, 60, 66, 70, 94, 98, 116, 118, 120, 128, 130, 131, 148, 154, 156, 158, 277, 280, 282, 284, 285, 290, 292, 294

Collinson, F.W. 8

Collinson, Frank Graham 8, 9

colophon 4, 20, 21, 24, 34, 36, 40, 46, 56, 60, 62, 80, 84, 210, 238, 242, 250

Common Lands of England & Wales, The (Stamp/Hoskins) 128, 129

Condry, W. M. 132, 170

Cook, Brian 21

Corbet, Philip 120, 258

Corsham Court 4, 15, 18, 20, 74

Country Parish, A (Boyd) 52, 52, 53

Crafts Council 116



Darling, F. Fraser 46

Dartmoor (Harvey/Leger-Gordon) 90, 91, 126

Davis, B. 200

Davis, Margaret 170

de Brutelle, Charles Louis L’Heritier 151

‘The Decorative Beast’ (Crafts Council Exhibition, 1990) 116, 290

Dragonflies (Corbet/Longfield/Moore) 58, 118, 120, 121

Dragonflies (Corbet,/Brook) 258, 258, 259

Durham University 15



Edlin, Herbert 100

Edwards, K. C. 126

Ellis, Annie 5

Ellis, Charlotte ix, 4, 6, 18–19, 48, 168

Ellis, Clifford vi, vii, viii, ix, 4–29, 34, 35, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 126, 128, 130–1, 132, 134, 136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, 160, 162, 164, 166, 168, 172, 174, 176, 178, 180, 182, 184, 185, 188, 200, 210, 212, 220, 271–304

Ellis, John 5

Ellis, Penelope ix, 4, 11, 18

Ellis, Ralph Gordon 6

Ellis, Rosemary vi, vii, viii, ix, 4–29, 32, 34, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 70, 72, 74, 76, 80, 82, 86, 88, 92, 94, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 120, 122, 126, 128, 130, 131, 132, 134, 136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 156, 158, 160, 162, 164, 166, 168, 174, 176, 178, 180, 182, 188, 210, 220, 271–304

Ellis, Ted 130

Ellis, William Blackman 6

Empire Marketing Board 9

English Life 21



Farming and Wildlife (Mellanby) 172, 173

Ferns (Page) 194, 194, 195

Finches (Newton) 148, 148, 149

Fisher, Crispin 180, 182, 184

Fisher, James 2, 22, 25, 36, 38, 56, 82, 104, 114, 130, 136, 142, 154, 277, 280, 281, 282

Fitter, A. 200

Fitter, R.S.R. 3, 36

Fleas, Flukes and Cuckoos (Rothschild/Clay) 282, 285, 286

Fleure, H. J. 72

Flowers of the Coast (Hepburn) 28, 45, 54, 84, 85, 86

Folio Society, The ix

Folklore of Birds, The (Armstrong) 116, 116, 117, 290

Ford, E.B. 3, 22, 32

Fossils (Swinnerton) 122, 123

Fox, The (unpublished) 304

Frazer, Deryk 176

Free, John B. 118

Freedman, Barnett 9

Freshwater Fishes (Maitland/Campbell) 196, 196, 197

Friend, Peter 262

Frost, Winifred 144, 300

Fry, Roger 8

Fulmar, The (Fisher) 277, 280–2, 281

Fungi (Spooner/Roberts) 238, 238,



Galloway and the Borders (Ratcliffe) 230, 248, 248, 249

Garden Natural History (Buczacki) 78, 250, 250, 251

Gibbs, Jonathan 174

Gilbert, Al 204

Gillmor, Robert vi, viii, 29, 118, 164, 180–269

Gilmour, John 2, 25, 42, 45, 124, 146, 295

Goodwin, Geraint 11

Gower (Mullard) 244, 245

Grass and Grasslands (Moore) 29, 134, 135

Greenshank, The (Nethersole-Thompson) 28, 68, 278–80, 279, 282, 287

Griffiths, Richard 220

Griffits, Thomas Edgar 21, 26, 27

Grigson, Geoffrey 14

Grouse (Watson/Moss) viii, 260, 260, 261



Hale, W.G. 168

Handbook of British Mammals 232

Hardy, Sir Alister 104, 106, 210

Harris, J. R. 82

Hart-Davis, Rupert 290

Harvey, L.A. 90

Hatton, R. G. 62

Hawfinch, The (Mountfort) 290–1, 291

Hayward, Peter J. 234

Heath, Adrian 17

Heathlands (Webb) 190, 191

Hebrides, The (Boyd/Boyd) 183, 198, 199

Hedges (Pollard/Hooper/Moore) 154, 155

Hepburn, Ian 84, 86

Heron, The (Lowe) 184, 286–7, 286, 287

Herring Gull, The (Tinbergen) 284–5, 284, 302

Hewer, H.R. 152

History of Ornithology, A (Bircham) 254, 254, 255

Hodgkin, Howard 17

Homes, R. C. 290

Hooper, M. D. 154

Hoseason, Libby 25, 176

Hosking, Eric 2, 25, 142, 292

Hoskins, W.G. 128

House Sparrow, The (Summers-Smith) 184, 298, 298

Hubbard, Cyril 134

Huxley, Julian 2, 22, 25, 38, 82, 128, 136, 156, 285



Imms, A. D. 50

Ingram, David 216

Inheritance and Natural History (Berry) 160, 161

Insect Natural History (Imms) 50, 50, 51

Insect Migration (Williams) 110, 111

Ireland (Cabot) 214, 215

Islands (Berry) 266, 266, 267

Isles of Scilly, The (Parslow) 252, 252, 253



Jenson, J. A. 144

Johnston, J. L. 166

Jonathan Cape 11, 15, 20, 22

Jones, J. W. 292



Kauffer, Edward McKnight 9

Klee, Paul 8



Lack, Andrew 212

Ladybirds (Majerus) 206, 207, 207, 208

Lake District, The (Pearsall/Peninngton) 144, 145, 148

Lakeland (Ratcliffe) 230, 231, 248

Lane, Allen 92

Lanyon, Peter 17

Leger-Gordon, D. St 90

Lessore, Therese 12

Lewington, Richard 35

Lichens (Gilbert) 218, 218, 219

Life in Lakes & Rivers (Macan/Worthington) 64, 64, 65

lithographs 16, 26, 27, 28

Loch Lomondside (Mitchell) 222, 222, 223

Lockley, Ronald 92

London Natural History Society 290

London Passenger Transport Board 10

London Transport 10, 11, 11, 12, 12–13, 14, 15

London Zoo 6

London’s Natural History (Fitter) 3, 20, 38, 38, 39, 70, 290

Long, Roger 20

Longleat 14

Lords & Ladies (Prime) 20, 294–5, 295, 296

Lousley, Ted 66

Lowe, Frank A. 286, 287

Lunn, Angus 236



Macan, T. T. 64, 144

MacDonald, Robert 25

Maclean, Alistair 268

Maiden Castle 72

Maitland, Peter S. 196

Majerus, Michael 208, 226

Mammals in the British Isles (Matthews) 174, 175, 176

Man & Birds (Murton) 29, 70, 136, 140, 141, 142

Man & the Land (Stamp) 98, 99

Manley, Gordon 80, 144

Markham, John 131, 142

Markham Roy 285

Marren, Peter vii, 1, 185, 200, 228

Matthews, L. Harrison 78, 174

Mellanby, Kenneth 136, 138, 154, 172, 302

Methuen, Lord 12, 15, 18

Mitchell, John 222

Modelling for Amateurs (Ellis) vi, 13, 18

Mole, The (Mellanby) 302, 302, 303, 304

Moore, Ian 134

Moore, N. W. 154

Morris, William 7

Moss, Brian 224

Moss, Robert 260

Moss, Stephen viii, 275

Mosses & Liverworts (Porley/Hudgetts) 240, 240, 241

Moths (Ford) 96, 96, 97

Moths (Majerus) 226, 227

Mountain Flowers (Raven/Walters) 45, 102, 103, 290

Mountains & Moorlands (Pearsall) 56, 56, 57, 80, 144

Mountfort, Guy 290, 291

Mullard, Jonathan 244

Mumps, Measles and Mosaics (Smith/Markham) 285–6, 286, 294

Murton, R. K. 299

Mushrooms & Toadstools (Ramsbottom) 48, 48, 49



Names of Herbs 150

Nash, Paul 9

National Book League 58, 288

National Physical Laboratory 291

Natural History in the Highlands and Islands (Darling) 38, 46, 46, 47, 56

Natural History of Man in Britain, A (Fleure) 72, 73

Natural History of Orkney, The (Berry) 29, 178, 178, 179, 180, 188

Natural History of Pollination, The (Proctor/Yeo/Lack) 118, 212, 213

Natural History of Selborne, A 52

Natural History of Shetland, The (Berry/Johnston) 166, 166, 167

Natural History of Wales, The (Condry) 170, 170, 171

Nature Conservation (Marren) 29, 228, 228, 229

Nature Conservation in Britain (Stamp) 136, 137

Neal, Ernest 3, 272, 273

Nethersole-Thompson, Desmond 278

New Forest, The (Tubbs) 192, 193

New Naturalist Board viii, 2, 23, 24, 25, 28, 62, 98, 122, 126, 128, 130, 144, 273, 285, 295

New Naturalist Collectors Club ix, 56

New Naturalist Library vi, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 19 see also under individual book title

New Naturalists, The (Marren) vii, viii, 1, 4, 22, 210, 210, 211

New Scientist 154

Newton, Ian 148

Nicholson, Ben 9

Nicholson, Max 70

North, F.J. 60

Northumberland (Lunn) 236, 237

North-West by North 11



Occidental Oil 178

Odhams 28, 82, 84, 98, 288, 297

Open Sea, The:

Part I: The World of Plankton (Hardy) 104, 105, 106, 106, 107

Part II: Fish and Fisheries (Hardy) 112

Oysters (Yonge) 297, 297



Page, Christopher N. 194

‘Pantone’ number 29

Parslow, Rosemary 252

Peak District, The (Edwards) 80, 126, 126, 127, 128

Pearsall, W.H. 56, 144

Pedigree: Words from Nature (Potter/Sargent) 150–1, 151

Pennington, W. 114

Perrins, Christopher 162

Pesticides and Pollution (Mellanby) 136, 138, 138, 139

Peterken, George viii, ix, 100, 256

Pevsner, Nikolaus 14

Pick, Frank 9, 11

Piper, John 14

Plant Disease (Ingram/Robertson) 216, 216, 217

Pollard, E. 154

Pollination of Flowers, The (Proctor/Yeo) 20, 146, 146, 147, 148

Potter, Stephen 150

Potworowski, Peter 17

Prime, Cecil T. 294

Proctor, Michael 20, 212



Rabbit, The (Thompson/Worden) 116, 288, 288, 289, 290, 299

Rackham, Oliver ix, 246

Radavion Press 29

Ramsbottom, John 48

Rare Breeds Survival Centre, Cotswolds 178

Ratcliffe, Derek 144, 230, 248

Raven, John 102

Ravilious, Eric 9, 20

Redstart, The (Buxton) viii, 273, 274, 275, 275, 277

Regent Street Polytechnic 8

Rennie, Paul 10

Reptiles and Amphibians in Britain (Frazer) 176, 176, 177

Richardson, Marion 7

Roberts, Peter 238

Robertson, Noel 216

Rothschild, Miriam 282

Russell, Sir E. John 108



Salisbury, Sir Edward 124

Salmon, The (Jones) 292, 292, 293, 294, 294, 300

Sargent, Laurens 150

Saxon Photolitho Ltd 29

Scott, Richenda 60

Scott, William 17

Scowen, Kenneth 132

Sea Coast, The (Steers) 28, 54, 86, 86, 87, 184

Sea Shore, The (Yonge) viii, 3, 58, 59

Seashore, The (Hayward) 234, 234, 235

Sea-Birds (Fisher/Lockley) 92, 92, 93

Shell 9, 11, 178

Shell Poster Book, The 11

Shorten, Monica 287

Sickert, Walter 12

Silent Spring 138

Simms, Eric 142, 184, 188, 202

Smith, Kenneth M. 285

Smith, Arthur 114

Smith, Malcolm 76, 176

Smith, Stuart 19, 277

Snowdonia (North/Campbell/Scott) 60, 61

Snowdonia National Park, The (Condry) 132, 133

Soil, The (Davis/Walker/Ball/Fitter) 186, 187, 200, 200, 201

Southern England (Friend) 262, 262, 263, 263, 264–5, 265

Spooner, Brian 238

Springwatch 275

Squirrels (Shorten) 287–8, 287

Stamp, Sir L. Dudley 2, 36, 98, 128, 136, 277

Steers, Professor J. A. 86, 184

Summer is Flying 12–13

Summerhayes, Victor 66, 74

Summer-Smith, Dennis 298

Summerson, John 14

Sutherland, Graham 9

Swinnerton, H.H. 122



Thompson, Colin 6

Thompson, Des 280

Thompson, Harry V. 288

Tinbergen, Nico 284

Tinker, Jon 154

Tower, James 17

Trees, Woods and Man (Edlin) viii, 100, 100, 101

Trevelyan, Raleigh 25, 28, 76, 84, 88, 90, 96, 104, 106, 108, 278, 279, 282, 283, 285, 286

Trout, The (Frost/Brown) 292, 300, 300, 301

Tubbs, Colin R. 192

Tunnicliffe, Charles 210, 279

Turner, William 150

Turrill, W.B. 54



Vesey-Fitzgerald, Brian 36

Victoria and Albert Museum 290



Waders (Hale) 168, 168, 169

Walker, N. 200

Walter, Michael 25, 29, 140, 150, 152, 158, 160, 304

Walters, Max 42, 45, 102, 206

Walther of Strasbourg, Johann 62

Watching Birds (Fisher) 2

Watson, Adam ix, 260

Weald, The (Wooldridge/Goldring) 28, 88, 88, 89, 98, 126

Webb, Nigel 190

Weeds & Aliens (Salisbury) 124, 125

West Riding Spring 16

Westbury White Horse, Wiltshire Downs 66

Whipsnade Zoo 10, 10

Whitcombe, Jean 25, 297

White Farm, The (Goodwin) 11

White, Gilbert 2

Wild & Garden Plants (Walters) 206, 206, 207

Wild Flowers (Gilmour/Walters) 42, 42, 43, 44, 45

Wild Flowers of Chalk & Limestone (Lousley) 28, 28, 45, 48, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70

Wild Orchids of Britain, The (Summerhayes) 3, 20, 45, 66, 74, 74, 75

Wildfowl (Cabot) 268, 268, 269

Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust 244

Williams, C.B. 110

Winter Visitors (London Transport bill) 11

Wood Pigeon, The (Murton) 299–300, 299

Woodland Birds (Simms) 130, 142, 143, 148

Woodlands (Rackham) 236, 246, 247

Worden, Alastair N. 288

Wordsworth, William 144

World of Spiders, The (Bristowe) 3, 114, 114, 115

World of the Honeybee, The (Butler) 94, 94, 95, 298

World of the Soil, The (Russell) 108, 109

Worthington, E. B. 64

Wragge Morley, Derek 154, 282

Wren, The (Armstrong) 276, 277, 277, 290

Wye Valley (Peterken) 100, 256, 256, 257



Yapp, Brunsdon 142

Yates, Constance 56

Yellow Wagtail, The (Smith) 19, 275, 277, 277

Yeo, Peter 212

Yonge, C.M. 58, 297