PREFACE. 



I TPiiNK that there can be no question as to the value of Mr. 

 Ogilvie-Grant's volumes on the Game-Birds, and I can testify 

 to the care which he has bestowed on the work. His volumes 

 contain the names of every species of Game-Birds known up 

 to the present date, so that they may be considered in the 

 light of a small Monograph of the Galli7ice, 



R. BOWDLER SHARPE. 

 Oct. 6th, 1896. 



