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seen. It was during the second great invasion, 

 in 1888, that Tegetmeier made his bold bid for 

 its protection, alleging, and rightly alleging, that 

 the bird was ready to breed in Great Britain. 

 That the pamphlet had weight is shown by the 

 fact that in December of that year an Act of 

 Parliament was passed for the protection of the 

 bird for five years, " in order that it might, if 

 possible, become acclimatised in the United 

 Kingdom." Unfortunately, legislation came too 

 late — the Act did not come into force until 

 February, 1889, and by this time the numerous 

 packs had been ruthlessly dissipated. 



Among other works he published on game 

 and wild birds was the revised and corrected 

 edition (1897) of R. Beverley Morris's British 

 Game Birds and Wildfowl. This was one of a 

 series of reprints issued by the late John Nimmo 

 and edited by Tegetmeier, another book being 

 F. 0. Morris's Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 

 re-published in 1896. " With these subjects," 

 says a colleague on the Field, " he unfortunately 

 had no practical acquaintance, and the editorial 

 supervision required of him amounted to little 

 more than proof-reading. Nevertheless, the labour 

 of seeing five royal octavo volumes through the 

 press was not inconsiderable and served well 

 enough the publishers' purpose." Incidentally, 

 I may add that during the season for game, 

 Tegetmeier's table was always plentifully supplied 



