Sir William Flower

A. Books and Separate Pamphlets.

1. “Diagrams of the Nerves of the Human Body, Exhibiting their Origin, Divisions, and Connections.” London, 1861.

2. “A Supplement to the Catalogue of the Pathological Series in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons.” London, 1863.

3. “Introductory Lectures to the Course of Comparative Anatomy, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1870.” London, 1870.

4. “An Introduction to the Osteology of the Mammalia,” being the substance of the course of lectures delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1870. London, 1870. Second edition, 1876. Third edition (revised with the assistance of Hans Gadow), 1885.

5. “Catalogue of the Specimens illustrating the Osteology and Dentition of Vertebrated Animals, Recent and Extinct, contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.” London. Part I. Man (1879); Part II. Mammalia (1884), written in conjunction with Dr. J. G. Garson.

6. “Fashion in Deformity, as Illustrated in the Customs of Barbarous and Civilised Races.” (Nature series). London, 1881. Also published in the Proceedings of the Royal Institution for 1880.

7. “Recent Advances in Natural Science, in their Relation to the Christian Faith.” A paper read before the Church Congress, 1885. London, 1885.

8. “Recent Memoirs on the Cetacea,” by Eschricht, Reinhardt, and Lilljeborg. A Translation. London (Ray Society), 1866.

9. “List of the Specimens of Cetacea in the Zoological Department of the British Museum.” London, 1885.

10. “An Introduction to the Study of Mammals Living and Extinct” (written in collaboration with R. Lydekker). London, 1891.

11. “The Horse: a Study in Natural History.” London, 1891.

12. “Essays on Museums and Other Subjects connected with Natural History.” London, 1898.

B. Zoological and Anatomical Memoirs, Articles, and Notes published in Scientific Serials, etc.

a. In the “Philosophical Transactions” of the Royal Society of London.

13. “Observations on the Posterior Lobes of the Cerebrum of the Quadrumana, with the Description of the Brain of a Galago,” vol. clii. pp. 185-201 (1862). Abstract in Proc. Roy. Soc., vol. xi. pp. 376-381 (1860).

14. “On the Commissures of the Cerebral Hemispheres of the Marsupialia and Monotremata, as compared with those of the Placental Mammals,” vol. clv. pp. 633-651 (1865). Abstract in Proc. Roy. Soc., vol. xiv. pp. 71-74 (1865.)

15. “On the Development and Succession of the Teeth in the Marsupialia,” vol. clvii. pp. 631-642 (1867). Abstract in Proc. Roy. Soc., vol. xv. pp. 464-468 (1867), and in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. xx. pp. 129-133 (1867.)

16. “On a Newly-discovered Extinct Mammal from Patagonia (Homalodontotherium cunninghami),” vol. clxiv. pp. 173-182 (1874). Abstract in Proc. Roy. Soc., vol. xxi. p. 383 (1873).

17. “Seals and Cetaceans from Kerguelen Island (Transit of Venus Expeditions, 1874 and 1875),” vol. clxviii. pp. 95-100 (1876).

b. In the “Proceedings” of the Royal Society of London.

18. Reply to Professor Owen’s paper: “On Zoological Names of Characteristic Parts and Homological Interpretations and Beginnings, especially in reference to Connecting Fibres of the Brain,” vol. xiv. pp. 134-139 (1865).

c. In the “Transactions” of the Zoological Society of London.

19. “On the Brain of the Javan Loris (Stenops javanicus, Illig.),” vol. v. pp. 103-111 (1866).

20. “Description of the Skeleton of Inia geoffroyensis, and of the Skull of Pontoporia blainvillei,” vol. vi. pp. 87-116 (1869).

21. “On the Osteology of the Sperm-Whale or Cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus),” vol. vi. pp. 309-372 (1869).

22. “Description of the Skeleton of the Chinese White Dolphin (Delphinus sinensis),” vol. vii. pp. 151-160 (1872).

23. “On Risso’s Dolphin (Grampus griseus),” vol. viii. pp. 1-21 (1873).

24. “On the Recent Ziphioid Whales, with a Description of the Skeleton of Berardius arnuxi,” vol. viii. pp. 203-234 (1873).

25. “A Further Contribution to the Knowledge of the Existing Ziphioid Whales; Genus Mesoplodon,” vol. x. pp. 415-437 (1878).

d. In the “Proceedings” of the Zoological Society of London.

26. “Notes on the Dissection of a Species of Galago,” 1852, pp. 73-75.

27. “On the Structure of the Gizzard of the Nicobar Pigeon and Granivorous Birds,” 1860, pp. 330-334.

28. “Notes on the Anatomy of Pithecia monachus, Geoffr.,” 1862, pp. 326-333.

29. “On the Optic Lobes of the Brain of the Echidna,” 1864, pp. 18-20.

30. “On a Lesser Fin-Whale (Balænoptera rostrata, Fabr.) recently stranded on the Norfolk Coast,” 1864, pp. 252-258.

31. “On the Brain of the Red Howling Monkey (Mycetes seniculus, Linn.),” 1864, pp. 335-338.

32. “Notes on the Skeletons of Whales in the Principal Museums of Holland and Belgium, with Descriptions of Two Species, apparently new to Science (Sibbaldius schlegeli and Physalus latirostris),” 1864, pp. 384-420.

33. “On a New Species of Grampus (Orca meridionalis), from Tasmania,” 1864, pp. 420-426.

34. “Note on Pseudorca meridionalis,” 1865, pp. 470-471.

35. “On Physalus sibbaldii, Gray,” 1865, pp. 472-474.

36. “Observations upon a Fin-Whale (Physalus antiquorum, Gray) recently stranded in Pevensey Bay,” 1865, pp. 699-705.

37. “On the Gular Pouch of the Great Bustard (Otis tarda, Linn.),” 1865, pp. 747-748.

38. “Note on the Visceral Anatomy of Hyomoschus aquaticus,” 1867, pp. 954-960.

39. “On the Probable Identity of the Fin-Whales described as Balænoptera carolinæ, Malm., and Physalus sibbaldii, Gray,” 1868, pp. 187-189.

40. “On the Development and Succession of the Teeth in the Armadillos,” 1868, pp. 378-380.

41. “On the Value of the Characters of the Base of the Cranium in the Classification of the Order Carnivora, and on the Systematic Position of Bassaris and Other Disputed Forms,” 1869, pp. 4-37.

42. “Note on a Substance Ejected from the Stomach of a Hornbill,” 1869, p. 150.

43. “On the Anatomy of the Proteles cristatus, Sparmann,” 1869, pp. 474-496.

44. “Additional Note on a Specimen of the Common Fin-Whale (Physalus antiquorum, Gray, Balænoptera musculus, Auct.) Stranded in Langston Harbour, November 1869,” 1870, pp. 330 and 331.

45. “On the Anatomy of Ælurus fulgens, Fr. Cuv.,” 1870, pp. 752-769.

46. “On the Skeleton of the Australian Cassowary,” 1871, pp. 32-35.

47. “On the Occurrence of the Ringed or Marbled Seal (Phoca hispida) on the Coast of Norfolk, with Remarks on the Synonymy of the Species,” 1861, pp. 506-512.

48. “Remarks on a Rare Australian Whale of the Genus Ziphius,” 1871, p. 631.

49. “Note on the Anatomy of the Two-Spotted Paradoxure (Nandinia binotata),” 1872, pp. 683 and 684.

50. “On the Structure and Affinities of the Musk-deer, (Moschus moschiferus, Linn.),” 1875, pp. 159-190.

51. “Description of the Skull of a Species of Xiphodon, Cuvier,” 1876, pp. 3-7.

52. “On some Cranial and Dental Characters of the Existing Species of Rhinoceros,” 1876, pp. 443-457.

53. “Remarks upon Ziphius novæ-zealandiæ and Mesoplodon floweri,” 1876, pp. 477 and 478.

54. “On the Skull of a Rhinoceros (R. lasiotis, Scl.) from India,” 1878, pp. 634-636.

55. “On the Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis, Linn.),” 1879, pp. 382-384.

56. “Remarks upon a Drawing of Delphinus tursio,” 1879, p. 386.

57. “Remarks upon the Skull of a Female Otaria (Otaria gillespii),” 1879, p. 551.

58. “Remarks upon the Skull of a Beluga, or White Whale (Delphinapterus leucas),” 1879, pp. 667-669.

59. “On the Cæcum of the Red Wolf (Canis jubatus, Desm.),” 1879, pp. 766 and 767.

60. “On the Bush-Dog (Icticyon venaticus, Lund),” 1880, pp. 70-76.

61. “On the Elephant-Seal (Macrorhinus leoninus, Linn.),” 1881, pp. 145-162.

62. “Notes on the Habits of the Manatee,” 1881, pp. 453-456.

63. “On the Mutual Affinities of the Animals composing the Order Edentata,” 1882, pp. 358-367.

64. “On the Cranium of a New Species of Hyperöodon, from the Australian Seas,” 1882, pp. 392-396.

65. “On the Skull of a Young Chimpanzee,” 1882, pp. 634-636.

66. “On the Whales of the Genus Hyperöodon,” 1882, pp. 722-734.

67. “On the Arrangement of the Orders and Families of existing Mammalia,” 1883, pp. 178-186.

68. “On the Characters and Divisions of the Family Delphinidæ,” 1883, pp. 466-513.

69. “On a Specimen of Rudolphi’s Rorqual (Balænoptera borealis, Lesson) lately taken on the Essex Coast,” 1883, pp. 513-517.

70. “Remarks on the Burmese Elephant lately deposited in the Society’s Gardens,” 1884, p. 44.

71. “Remarks upon Four Skulls of the Common Bottle-nose Whale (Hyperöodon rostratus), showing the Development, with Age, of the Maxillary Crests,” 1884, p. 206.

72. “Exhibition of a Mass of pure Spermaceti, obtained from the ‘head-matter’ of Hyperöodon,” 1884, p. 206.

73. “Note on the Dentition of a young Capybara (Hydrochærus capybara),” 1884, pp. 252 and 253.

74. “Note on the Names of Two Genera of Delphinidæ,” 1884, p. 417.

75. “Remarks upon a Specimen of Rudolphi’s Rorqual (Balænoptera borealis) taken in the Thames, 1887,” p. 564.

76. “On the Pygmy Hippopotamus of Liberia (Hippopotamus liberiensis, Morton), and its Claims to Distinct Generic Rank,” 1887, pp. 612-614.

77. “Remarks upon a Specimen of a Japanese Cock, with Elongated Upper Tail-coverts,” 1888, p. 248.

78. “Remarks upon the Skin of the Face of a Male African Rhinoceros with a Third Horn,” 1889, p. 448.

79. “Remarks upon a Photograph of the Nest of a Hornbill (Tocus melanoleucus), in which the Female was shown ‘walled in,’” 1890, p. 401.

80. “Remarks on the Rules of Zoological Nomenclature,” 1896, pp. 319-320.

e. In the “Natural History Review.”

81. “On the Brain of the Siamang (Hylobates syndactylus, Raffles),” 1863, pp. 279-287.

82. “Note on the Number of Cervical Vertebræ in the Sirenia,” 1864, pp. 259-264.

f. In the “Journal of Anatomy and Physiology.”

83. “On the Homologies and Notation of the Teeth of the Mammalia,” vol. iii. pp. 262-278 (1869); Abstract in Rep. Brit. Assoc., vol. xxxviii. (Trans. of Sections), pp. 262-288 (1868).

84. “On the Composition of the Carpus of the Dog,” series 2, vol. vi. pp. 62-64 (1870).

85. “On the Correspondence between the Parts Composing the Shoulder and the Pelvic Girdle of the Mammalia,” vol. vi. pp. 239-249 (1870).

86. “Note on the Carpus of the Sloths,” vol. vii. pp. 255 and 256 (1873).

g. In the “Quarterly Journal” of the Geological Society of London.

87. “On the Affinities and Probable Habits of the Extinct Australian Marsupial, Thylacoleo carnifex, Owen,” vol. xxiv. pp. 307-319 (1868).

88. “Description of the Skull of a Species of Halitherium (H. canhami) from the Red Crag of Suffolk,” vol. xxx. pp. 1-7 (1874).

89. “Note on the Occurrence of Remains of Hyænarctus in the Red Crag of Suffolk,” vol. xxxiii. pp. 534-536 (1877).

h. In the “Proceedings” of the Royal Institution.

90. “On Palæontological Evidence of Gradual Modification of Animal Forms,” vol. vii. pp. 94-104 (1873).

91. “The Extinct Animals of North America,” vol. viii. pp. 103-105 (1876), and Popular Science Review, vol. xv. pp. 267-298 (1876).

92. “On Whales, Past and Present, and their Probable Origin,” vol. x. pp. 360-376 (1883).

i. In the “Report” of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

93. “On the Connexion of the Hyoid Arch with the Cranium,” vol. xl. (Trans. of Sections), pp. 136 and 137 (1870).

94. “A Century’s Progress in Zoological Knowledge,” vol. xlviii., pp. 549-558 (1878), and Nature, vol. xviii. pp. 419-423 (1878).

j. In the Annals and Magazine of Natural History.

95. “On a Sub-Fossil Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) Discovered in Cornwall,” ser. 4, vol. ix. pp. 440-442 (1872).

96. “Extinct Lemurina,” ser. 4, vol. xvii. pp. 323-328 (1876).

k. In the “Journal” of the Royal Colonial Institute.

97. “Whales and Whale Fisheries”: a Lecture delivered at the Royal Colonial Institute on 8th January 1885 (1885).

l. In Nature.

98. “On the Arrangement and Nomenclature of the Lobes of the Liver in Mammalia,” vol. vi. pp. 346-365 (1872); and also Rep. Brit. Assoc., vol. xlii. (Trans. of Sections), pp. 150 and 151 (1872).

99. “On the Ziphioid Whales,” vol. v. pp. 103-106 (1872).

100. “Museum Specimens for Teaching Purposes,” vol. xv. pp. 144-146, 184-186, and 204-206 (1876).

m. In the “Transactions” of the Geological Society of Cornwall.

101. “On the Bones of a Whale found at Petuan,” 1872, 8 pp.

n. In the “Bulletin” of the Brussels Academy.

102. “Sur le basin et le fémur d’une Balénoptère,” vol. xxi. pp. 131 and 132 (1866).

o. In the “Medical Times” and “Gazette.”

103. “Comparative Anatomy,” a Lecture, 1870.

104. “Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy of the Organs of Digestion of the Mammalia,” delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, in February and March 1872.

p. In the “Transactions” of the Odontological Society of London.

105. “On the First or Milk Dentition of the Mammalia,” vol. iii. pp. 211-232 (1871).

106. “Note on the Specimens of Abnormal Dentition in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons,” vol. xii. pp. 32-47 (1880).

q. In the “British Medical Journal.”

107. “Dentition of the Mammalia,” 1871.

108. “History of Extinct Mammals, and their Relation to Existing Forms,” 1874.

109. “The Anatomy of the Cetacea and Edentata,” 1881 and 1882.

r. In the “Encyclopædia Britannica,” 9th Ed.

110. “The Horse,” vol. xii. pp. 172-181 (1881).

111. “Mammalia” (Insectivora, Chiroptera and Rodentia, by G. E. Dobson), vol. xv. pp. 347-446 (1883).

112. “Whale,” vol. xxiv. pp. 523-529 (1888).

And other articles.

s. In the “Report” of the Council of the Zoological Society.

113. “On the Progress of Zoology”: Address to the General Meeting held at the Society’s Gardens, 16th June 1887. Appendix, 1887, pp. 37-67.

t. In the “Transactions” of the Middlesex Natural History Society.

114. “Horns and Antlers,” 1887, pp. 1-10.

C. Anthropological Papers.

a. In the “Journal” of the Anthropological Institute.

115. “Illustrations of the Modes of Preserving the Dead in Darnley Island and in South Australia,” vol. viii. pp. 389-394 (1879).

116. “On the Osteology and Affinities of the Natives of the Andaman Islands,” vol. ix. pp. 108-135 (1879).

117. “On the Cranial Characters of the Natives of the Fiji Islands,” vol. x. pp. 153-173 (1880).

118. “On a Collection of Monumental Heads and Artificially deformed Crania from the Island of Mallicollo, in the New Hebrides,” vol. xi. pp. 75-81 (1881).

119. “On the Aims and Prospects of the Study of Anthropology,” vol. xiii. pp. 488-501 (1884).

120. “Additional Observations on the Osteology of the Natives of the Andaman Islands,” vol. xiv. pp. 115-120 (1884).

121. “On the size of the Teeth as a Character of Race,” vol. xiv. pp. 183-186 (1884).

122. “On the Classification of the Varieties of the Human Species,” vol. xiv. pp. 378-395 (1885).

122A. “On a Nicobarese Skull,” vol. xvi. pp. 147-149 (1886).

123. “Description of two Skeletons of Akkas, a Pygmy Race from Central Africa,” vol. xviii. pp. 3-19 (1888).

124. “On two Skulls from a Cave in Jamaica,” vol. xx. pp. 110-112 (1890).

b. In the “Report” of the British Association.

125. “Methods and Results of Measurements of the Capacity of Human Crania,” 1878, pp. 581, 582; and Nature, vol. xviii. pp. 480, 481 (1878).

126. “The Study and Progress of Anthropology” (Address to Anthrop. Dept. of Zoological Section), 1881, pp. 682-689; and Nature, vol. xxiv. pp. 436-439 (1881).

c. In “Nature.”

127. “The Comparative Anatomy of Man” (Abstract of Lectures), vol. xx. pp. 222-225, 244-246 (1879), and 267-269; vol. xxii. pp. 59-61, 78-80, 97-100 (1880).

d. In the “British Medical Journal.”

128. “The Anatomical Characters of the Races of Man,” 1879 and 1880.

e. In the “Journal of Anatomy and Physiology.”

129. “On the Scapular Index as a Race-Character in Man,” vol. xiv., pp. 13-17 (1880), written in co-operation with Dr. J. G. Garson.

f. In the Manchester Science Lectures for the People.

130. “The Aborigines of Tasmania, an Extinct Race.” A Lecture delivered in Hulme Town Hall, Manchester, 30th November 1878, ser. x. pp. 41-53.

g. In “Report” of Glasgow Science Lectures Association.

131. “The Races of Man,” 53 pp. Glasgow (1878).

h. In the “Proceedings” of the Royal Institution.

132. “The Native Races of the Pacific Ocean,” vol. viii. pp. 602-652 (1878).

133. “The Pygmy Races of Men,” vol. xii. pp. 266-283 (1888).

D. On Museums and Museum Arrangements.

134. “The Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.” Presidential Address to the Anatomical Section of the International Medical Congress, held in London, 4th August 1881. [Reprinted in Essays on Museums, as are the other papers and addresses quoted under this heading.]

135. “Museum Organisation.” Presidential Address to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at the Newcastle-on-Tyne Meeting, 11th September 1889. Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1889.

136. “School Museums: Suggestions for the Formation and Arrangement of Natural History in connection with a Public School.” Nature, 26th December 1889.

137. “The Booth Museum.” Address at the Opening of the Booth Museum, Brighton, 3rd November 1890. Zoologist, December 1890.

138. “Local Museums.” From a letter in support of the establishment of a County Museum for Buckinghamshire (24th November 1891), and an Address at the Opening of the Perth Museum (29th November 1895).

139. “Modern Museums.” Presidential Address to the Museums’ Association, at the Meeting held in London, 3rd July 1893. Museums’ Association Journal, 1893.

140. “Natural History as a Vocation (Boys’ Museums).” Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal, April 1897.

E. Biographical Sketches by Sir William Flower

Mostly Republished in “Essays on Museums.”

141. “Biographical Notice of Professor Rolleston.” Proc. Roy. Soc., 1882.

142. Obituary Notice of George Busk. Journ. Anthrop. Inst., vol. xvi., p. 403 (1886).

143. “Biographical Notice of Sir Richard Owen.” Proc. Roy. Soc., 1894.

144. “Reminiscences of Professor Huxley.” The North American Review, September 1895.

145. “Eulogium on Charles Darwin.” Centenary Meeting of the Linnean Society, 24th May 1888.

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