BY THE SAME AUTHOR 



PARTRIDGES 

 AND PARTRIDGE MANORS 



UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME 



CONTAINING SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR 



By GEORGE RANKIN 



PUBLISHED BY A. AND C. BLACK, 4 SOHO SQUABE, LONDON, W. 



SOME PRESS OPINIONS 



" Well up to the high standard which an educated 

 public now expects in such works . . . succinctly 

 comprehensive and the work of an expert." — Times. 



" Without doubt a new book on the partridge was 

 needed, and here in Capt. Maxwell's book we have 

 it — lucidly, carefully and brightly written, with a 

 touch of humour to season instruction, and with 

 instruction given out of full knowledge. . . . The 

 keynote of the book — hard personal work in master- 

 ing a difficult subject — may be quoted as a final 

 recommendation of a most engrossing volume." — Field. 



" Written with good sense, good taste and ample 

 knowledge. It deals with its subject in all aspects, 

 shirking nothing and missing as little. Several people 

 have contributed facts and views, but the author is 

 responsible for the welding of all into a compact and 

 agreeable whole. The charm of the book is accentu- 

 ated by the style of writing." — Sportsman. 



" A timely and altogether acceptable monograph 

 . . . eminently readable and adequately practical." 

 — Outlook. 



"Sportsmen who have read Capt. Maxwell on 



