FROM PRESS NOTICES OF SECOND EDITION (1907) 



" Of the many admirable books recently written on British 

 birds, Mr. Abel Chapman's 'Bird-Life of the Borders' is un- 

 doubtedly one of the best, and is destined, in all probability, to the 

 same kind of immortality as that enjoyed by the famous ' Natural 

 History of Selborne.' To have watched the birds of one district 

 for forty years, and to have kept careful records of all the observa- 

 tions made during that period, is no small achievement, yet the feat 

 has been performed by Mr. Chapman ; and he has given us the 

 results of his activity in an exceedingly valuable and interesting 

 book. ... A short notice can give no adequate idea of the varied 

 interest of this work, which is one of quite exceptional worth, and 

 may be heartily recommended." — Morning Post. 



" Observed at Houxty. — Mr. Abel Chapman, whose ' Wild 

 Norway,' ' Wild Spain,' etc., are well known, has his English home 

 in a remarkably interesting territory, and one not nearly so often 

 visited as its natural attractiveness would warrant. . . . Houxty 

 is beyond doubt of great importance as a point for the observation 

 of bird-migrations, and we are fortunate in having so good an 

 observer of that and the whole Border region which Mr. Chapman 

 knows so well." — Daily News. 



"Amidst the flood of valueless books about birds that are 

 published, it is pleasant to see a new edition, in part rewritten, of 

 a work of real merit. Mr. Abel Chapman has now over forty years 

 of notes to draw upon, and he has taken great care in revising a 

 work that bids fair to become classic. It is delightful reading, and 

 describes the wild life of Northumbria to perfection. Migration, 

 Shooting, Fishing, Wildfowling, and the habits of birds, are written 

 of with an intimate knowledge that few can hope to acquire." — 

 Sj^ectator. 



" Mr. Abel Chapman has taken a very wide stretch of country 

 for his background on which with a master-hand he has sketched in 

 and painted bird-life in all its wilder aspects. The author is not 

 only a good writer, but a true sportsman and an observant 

 naturalist, three qualities rarely found united in the same person. 

 . . . We are indebted to Mr. Chapman for the years of research 

 and observation he has spent on the Bordefs in noting every detail 

 of bird-life as recorded in this second edition of one of the most 

 charming volumes that can be found in the library of a sportsman." 

 — County Gentleman and Land and Water. 



" Reveals on eveiy page the author's intense love and apprecia- 

 tion of his subject. . . , Far more interesting reading than the 

 pages of an average romance." — Carlisle Journal. 



" Amazingly comprehensive and definite ; the book has the 



