vi PREFACE. 



It will be found that the club standard where such 

 exists has been given due weight and prominence to ; 

 and as I have, in many instances, received the cordial 

 and much valued assistance of gentlemen accepted as high 

 authorities on their special breeds, I hope the result of 

 these co-operative efforts will prove acceptable and useful 

 to those for whom they have been made. 



HUGH DALZIEL. 



