182 PARTRIDGES 



during a period of ten years, from 

 February 1, 1889, to January 31, 1899 : 



1,337 Foxes. 121 Eagles. 



2 Wolves. 4,724 Hawks and Buz- 



1 Badger. zards. 



6 Wild Cats. 4,394 Sparrow-Hawks. 



488 Polecats, Hedge- 41,903 Crows, 



hogs, and Ham- 10,783 Magpies, 

 sters. 6,770 Owls. 



19,856 Weasels. 36,481 Other Birds of 

 908 Cur Dogs. Prey. 



904 Cats. 



making a total of 128,678 head. 



Nearly seven thousand owls, some 

 thousands of presumably harmless hawks, 

 and between thirty and forty thousand 

 unspecified and probably unidentified 

 "other birds of prey," among which 

 there must surely have been numbered 

 many a rare and interesting innocent, 

 many a humble and harmless farmer's 

 friend. Unless this be an isolated instance, 

 it would seem that in Hungary the 

 interests of natural history and agri- 

 culture alike receive small consideration 

 at the hands of the game-preserver. 



Let us then, in dealing with the 



