CONTENTS. vii 



EXTRACTS FEOM NOTE-BOOKS. 



NOTES ON NATURAL HISTORY AND ON SHOOTING. 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



Length of Life of Birds The Eagle Swan Geese Falcons- 

 Fowls Pigeons Small Birds Great age of Eagles and 

 Foxes Eed-deer Destruction of Old Stags Eoe Sheep 

 Rifles ; size of their bore Double-barrelled Rifles Size of 

 Small Shot Cartridges Impossibility of laying down 

 general rules Necessity of discretion in all Writers on 

 Natural History ...... Page 117 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



Disease amongst Grouse ; difficulty of assigning its cause 

 Supply of Grouse to Poulterers Netting game, legal and 

 illegal Disguised Poachers Game - laws Preserves 

 Criminality of Poachers Epidemics amongst Hares, etc. 

 Black Game Hybrids Wood - pigeons Geese Sen- 

 tinels . . 128 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



The Landrail; Arrival and Habits of Cuckoo Swift 

 Associations connected with Birds Enjoyment of Life by 

 Birds Falcons Water - fowl ; their different modes of 

 Swimming Wild -fowl shooting Wounded Ducks Re- 

 trievers ; care which should be taken of them Plumage of 

 Water-fowl ; its imperviousness to wet ; the cause and limits 

 of this . .'. 142 



