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and birds simply, and like the Words- 

 worthian flower " nothing more." 



" A primrose by a river's brim 

 A yellow primrose was to him, 

 And it was nothing more." 



Or as Sir R. Payne Gallwey puts it tersely 

 and emphatically : " To most shooters a 

 duck is a duck, and a wild goose a wild 

 goose, but the successful fowler will tell you 

 of a dozen species of the former, and half 

 as many of the latter." 



The advantages, therefore, of even a very 

 modest acquaintance with natural history 

 must be obvious in so far as birds and their 

 ways and their more marked features are 

 concerned. Such a knowledge, though 

 limited perhaps, could not fail to lead to a 

 closer observation of " winged beauties " 

 generally, naturally to a more intelligent 

 interest in sport, and consequently to 

 enjoyments unrevealed to those whose cup 

 of happiness is only full in proportion to 

 the weight of the bag. 



And here it may not be out of place to 

 offer a suggestion. Let him who has never 

 done so before take a bird from the bag and 

 make but a rude sketch of it ; then let him 

 try his hand at a description of the plumage, 



