PREFACE. 
{ THINK 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 Gad/ine. 
R. BOWDLER SHARPE. 
Oct. 6th, 1896. 
