

PREFACE. 



II yTY former Works, " Field Sports of the North of 

 Europe,^' aud " Scandinavian Adventures," having 

 ])een well received, I am induced to submit the present 

 volume to the consideration of the Public. 



In the last of these works a full, though concise, 

 account is given of all the feathered tribe included in 

 the Northern Fauna, with a promise, at some future 

 time, to enter more into detail as to that portion of it 

 coming under the designation of Game Birds, — such 

 as the Capercali, the Black-Cock, the Hazel-Hen, the 

 Ripa, &c. &c. That promise I have now fulfilled, more 

 especially as regards the Capercali, the pride of the 

 Northern forests, which has so lately been introduced 

 into Scotland, and in which we all feel so much 

 interested. 



The reader will find a popular account of the several 

 kinds of Seals frequenting the coasts of the Peninsula, 



