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Excerpt from Ootheca Wolleyana, Vol. 1: An Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs, Begun by the Late John Wolley, Jun;, M.A., F. Z. S., And Continued With Additions by the Editor Alfred Newton
I have to regret the death of Mr. Balcomb, who executed the egg-plates for this work, and it is only due to him to state that each of his figures is an unmistakable portrait of the speci men drawn. Equally great is my regret at the loss of Mr. Jury, who so admirably lithographed the other plates for the first part of this volume. Two of the landscapes in the second part have been put on stone by Mr. M. Hanhart with equal fidelity to the original drawings, while the other two have been copied by Mr. Edwin wilson from the beautiful plates in the 'lappland' of the late Captain pettersson. The greatest loss of all, however, is that of my friend Mr. Wolf, whose supreme excellence as a zoological artist was only equalled by his readiness to oblige anyone who appreciated good work.
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