Bird-Life of the Borders: 



RECORDS OF 



WILD SPORT AND NATURAL HISTORY 

 ON MOORLAND AND SEA. 



BV 

 Demy ^vo, 'yxi pages, ivitli 50 Illustrations by the Author, \2s. 6d. 



" At last we have a book on birds in their haunts by a writer who is 

 thoroughly master of his subject — one who has plenty to say, and who 

 also knows how to place his experiences vividly before the reader. The 

 portions devoted to the Cheviots and the moorlands recall the scent of the 

 heather, while the narrative of adventures by day and by night in a 

 gunning punt along the ' slakes ' off Holy Island is pervaded by the keen 



salt breezes from the North Sea As regards the second part, 



which treats of wild-fowling with the stancheon-gun, we can only say that 

 nothing like it has appeared since the publication of Colonel Hawker's 

 classic work. The haunts and habits of wild-fowl by day and night 

 have never before been so clearly pointed out in any work with which we 

 are acquainted." — Athenaum. 



" One of the pleasantest books conceivable. . , . Every lover of a 

 country life will delight in his vivid sketches of sporting experience and 

 wild life on the moors. . . . The author's enthusiasm is something 

 irresistible. Even the drawbacks of that 'waiting game,' wild-fowling 

 appear as of no weight when estimating the glories of the sport as set 

 forth in the admirable chapters on ' Wild-Fowl of the North-East Coast,' 

 'Midnight on the Oozes,' ' Wild-Fowl and the Weather,' and so forth." 

 — Saturday Reviezv, 



" An invigorating out-of-door air pervades this book, and a happy 

 directness of description. . . . Although very comprehensively treating 

 of bird-life, a considerable portion of the book — and that not the least 

 interesting — is devoted to shooting (open and covert), but mainly punt 

 shooting. In sporting experience, so far as concerns the north-east coast, 

 Mr. Chapman stands in the front rank, and discourses of it with an 

 authority beyond controversy or challenge." — Laud and Water. 



" His pages bristle with curiously minute and interesting facts concern- 

 ing 'our feathered friends.'" — Leeds Mercury. 



"Will enchant all who are fond of birds. Sympathy with all living 

 creatures, careful observation with cautious deductions, and strong love 

 for the bleak moors and wild scenery of the Cheviots— such are the 

 characteristics of this most interesting book. . . . The illustrations add 

 a great charm to a book redolent of wild life and careful observation."— 

 Academy. 



LONDON : 

 GURNEY & JACKSON, i, PATERNOSTER ROW 



(Successors to Mr. Van Voorst). 



