NOW PUBLISHING, 



In Monthly Parts, Royal Quarto, Price 2s. 6cl., each cojitaining 



FOUR HIGHLY-COLOURED ENGRAVINGS; 



AND 



BY BEVERLEY R. MORRIS, ESQ. 



ADDRESS. 



The great interest whicli naturally attaches to our Game Birds and 

 Wildfowl, renders it a matter of surprise that no work has yet appeared, 

 not only devoted exclusively to them, but which should give, in 

 addition to the ordinarj' infomiation as to their history, habits, and 

 sporting peculiarities, accurately coloured figures of each of them. The 

 object of the present work is to supply' this deficiency, and in doing 

 this it will be the author's endeavour to avoid, as much as possible, all 

 niei'c technicalities, while at the same time, the most accurate and com- 

 plete history of each bird shall be given, so that the sportsman who has 

 never made Natural History his study, may find no difficulty in recog- 

 nising any bird he may meet with in his shooting excursions, whetlier 

 he confines himself to the limits of the preserves, or seeks the more 

 exciting sport to be met with on our secluded lakes and sea-shores. 



The very general want of information among our sportsmen upon the 

 extensive tribe of water-birds which fall to their guns, is much greater 

 than would perhaps be expected: thus if a Swan is shot, it is simply 

 a Swan, although we have several very distinct species; a Wild Goose 

 is seldom more than a Wild Goose, though we have ten distinct species; 

 and a Duck, with the exception of the Mallard and Teal, is almost sure 

 to be a Widgeon; and yet there ai'e at least twenty- seven well marked 

 kinds. 



We propose to figure and describe about sixty birds, and as each 

 number Avill contain four engravings, it will only require fifteen or 

 sixteen numbers to complete the Avcn-k. The low price determined on 

 will allow every sportsman, however humble, to possess a copy, while 

 as an ornament on the drawing-room table it will be sure to interest, 

 amuse, and instruct eveiy guest. We trust too that many sportsmen, 

 who have such admirable opportunities for furthei-ing the study of 

 Ornithology, may be induced, after learning somewhat from our work, 

 to pursue the study of ovir bii'ds much farther, and sure we are, 

 that they would find the pleasures of sporting infinitely increased, and 

 tlie chances of success much greater, by being acquainted with the 

 liabits of the various birds they pursued. 



LONDON: 

 GROOMBEIDGE AND SONS, 5, PATEIINOSTER EOW. 



