WOKKS BY THE SAME AUTHOE. 



With Thirty-four Illustrations. 300 pp., 8vo, 12s. 6d. 



THE ORNITHOLOGY OF SHAKESPEARE 



Critically Examined, Explained, and Illustrated. 



" A book full of curious information, the cream of the carefvil researches 

 of an experienced naturalist, and one that will hardly be dispensed with by 

 any future commentator on the immortal bard." — Guardian. 



" Mr. Hartiug's attempt is eminently successful. His book is not only 

 readable, but exact and instructive, while its illustrative woodcuts are well 

 chosen, well drawn, and weU engraved." — Nature. 



8vo, 7s. 6d. 



A HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS : Showing 



the Distribution of the Resident and Migratory Species in the 

 British Islands. With an Index to the Records of the Rarer 

 Visitants. 

 " The excellent introduction to this ' Handbook ' wiU well repay the 

 reader, as it gives a short and clear account of the characters of the British 

 Avifauna. All who take interest in the birds of our own country will find 

 the work of value ; and the number of references it contains to special 

 descriptions of the more interesting species will facilitate a further acquaint- 

 ance with their peculiarities." — Ailiencemn. 



Post 8vo, 7s. Qd. 



THE BIRDS OF MIDDLESEX: 



A Contribution to the Natural History of the County. 



" An admirable specimen of the record of a careful observer, who disdains 

 to fill his pages with extracts from the familiar handbooks and descriptions 

 of ornithology, but tells us, with the freshness of a genuine lover of birds, 

 their habits, flight, and note, as they appeared to himself." — Contemporary 

 Review. 



Post Svo, 3s. M. 



HINTS ON SHORE-SHOOTING: 



WITH A CHAPTER ON 



SKINNING AND PRESERVING BIRDS. 



" Those who feel at all Inclined to make a trial of the sport to be found 

 along our coasts, need wish for no better guide than Mr. Harting. He gives 

 directions for equipment and preparation ; tells how to look for the birds, 

 and how to approach them. His descriptions of the shore-birds are wonder- 

 fully clear and accurate, and will be of no small help to the inexperienced 

 naturalist." — Land and Water. 



JOHN VAN" VOORST, 1, PATERNOSTER ROW. 



