vi Preface. 



the result of these experiences I now submit in the 

 following pages, which I have endeavoured to render 

 as explicit as possible. 



I have never been a game-preserver in the common 

 acceptation of the word ; but if I were, the height of 

 my ambition would be to see a score or two of those 

 truly majestic birds, Reeves' (an adult male is 

 fully 6ft. long), feeding from the home coverts towards 

 my windows ; he is an ornament to any grounds, 

 and as easy to rear as a chicken. 



GEORGE HORNE. 

 HEREFORD. 



