Ill One Voliune, Sz'i?, 504 paqes, with many Illustrations of Fowling Expe- 

 riences, Birds, Boats, Gnns, and Implements, draiun by the Author 

 «««? Mr. C. Wiivmper, £\ is. 



THE FOWLER IN IRELAND: 



OR, NOTES ON THE 



laimts anir Ipnbits of Wi\\^ Jfatol ciiitr Sen Jf otul, 



INCLUDING 



INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ART OF SHOOTING (& CAPTURING THEM. 



BY 



SIR RALPH PAYNE-GALLWEY, Bart. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



— a? — 



" He describes wild scenery and exciting scenes witli a light and lively pen, nor does he confine 

 himself to the chase of the wildfowl in the bays and estuaries, but treats of many branches of rough 

 inland sport, from shooting woodcock and snipe to catching wild ducks in decoys. The illustrations 

 of episodes of sport are admirably spirited and suggestive." — TIMES, Oct. lo, 1S83. 



" More particular than ' Folkard's Wildfovvler,' and free from the antiquated details of C lonel 

 Hawker's book, this treatise cannot fail to be of service to the sportsman. The first half of this 

 book is so valuable we have not lingered long over the technical details of the other half. Every 

 lover of birds will enjoy the first half of this book."— Athen/EUM. 



" The title of this really beautiful volume is not sufficiently comprehensive, it might justly be 

 styled ' The Complete Wildfowler ' ; for although the scenes of the Author's fowling exploits lie 

 chiefly in Ireland, the very full instructions which he gives on every point connected with the sport 

 will make it the book of reference for all who wish to be successful takers of wildfowl." — B.4ILy's 

 Sporting M.^g.azine. 



" In this delightful volume the arts of shooting and netting fowl are fully described with the 

 help of plans and drawings. The illustrations are, of their kind, as near perfection as they can 

 well be, those of the various species being equally good with the larger pictures of shooting and 

 trapping exploits." — Morning Post. 



" Since the days of Colonel Hawker we have had no such practical contribution to sporting 

 literature."— Globe. 



" To Sir Ralph Gallwey fowling is a fascinating pursuit, in which he discovers the birds' secrets 

 by close, unwearied, patient, yet enthusiastic investigation. The dogged perseverance of years has 

 been rewarded by a success which places him in the front rank of sportsmen-naturalists. It would 

 have been a loss to natural history lecords if he had not placed before the public the results of his 

 almost unique experiences of successful fowling." — Land and Water. 



"It is a perfect fowler's encyclopaedia, practical in treatment and inexhaustible in material, and 

 everything is so admirably finished, text, illustrations, woodcuts, and typography." — Irish Times. 



" No more suitable book for a country house can be imagined during the long winter evenings." 

 — Academy. 



" This portion of the volume is enriched with portraits of many of the birds named, and we 

 may permit ourselves to say that while there is not a bad one amongst them, those of the Pintail, 

 the Pochard, the Golden-eye, and the Red-Breasted Merganser are decidedly good. Those of the 

 Brent and Bernicle Goose, and especially a beautifully artistic plate of a pair of Great Northern 

 Divers, are of exceptional accuracy and merit."— Northern Whig. 



JOHN VAN VOORST, 1, PATERNOSTER ROW. 



