Colonel William Willoughby Cole Verner was a British soldier, writer, ornithologist, and inventor of a type of compass. He was briefly a Professor of Topography at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He is remembered for bringing Cueva de la Pileta, a cave filled with prehistoric paintings, to international attention.
An Elliot Bros London First World War British Army military sketching board says "Major Verners Patent". It is 24 cm high and 17.5 cm wide.
Verner's Pattern no VIII by a Swiss Clockmaker, Ed Koehn, dated 1916
Verner climbing down to a bird's nest on a cliff ledge
Leonard Howard Loyd Irby was a British ornithologist and army officer. He specialised in the study of birds in southern Iberia.
White Shouldered Eagle - one of the colour plates by Archibald Thorburn supplied by Lord Lilford for Irby's 2nd edition