x INTRODUCTION. 



greatly increased their interest in and ,' knowledge of 

 ornithology. There is no reason why this useful, even 

 important, knowledge should not descend to landholders 

 in every degree, and then a good time for the bird will be 

 at hand. 



The notes I have collected on the arts of trapping and 

 snaring are very curious and far spread. For permission 

 to reproduce many of them I must thank our leading 

 sporting papers, The Field, The Sporting and Dramatic News, 

 Land and Water, Bell's Life, and others, to whom also I owe 

 many and sincere thanks for the indulgence with which they 

 have treated my frequent trespassings on their space. 



A chapter on grouse moors and deer forests has been 

 kindly supplied by J. W. Brodie Innes, Esq., Barrister-at- 

 law. 



June, 1887. 



