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Portobello Edinburgh Scotland

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Portobello, 1 February 1838

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/2/45
Scope and Contents

Portobello. Line engraving. 1 February 1838. Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890, Artist; Scott, Robert, 1777-1841, Engraver; Watson, W. F., Publisher.

Publisher statement: Edinburgh: Published by W.F. Watson, 52 Princes Street.

Published in: Edinburgh and Mid-Lothian (1838).

Dates: 1 February 1838
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 2. Midlothian, East Lothian, West Lothian

Two stories of sparrows caught by merlins in Edinburgh, June 1887

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/115
Scope and Contents

Two stories of sparrows caught by merlins in Edinburgh which relates how one was caught in front of a cab driving along Princes Street and another at Portobello in 1887. Also notes that a white-winged sparrow had been seen in Princes Street. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: June 1887
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael