PREFACE 



THE writer makes no apology for this 

 book ; the many reviewers who found it 

 in their hearts to speak well of his volume 

 on the partridge must in some degree 

 share the responsibility for this attempt 

 to treat of the pheasant after the same 

 fashion, since without their words of 

 kindly encouragement, he would scarce 

 have dared to face the public again with 

 no new wares to offer. 



Should these pages perchance prove a 

 useful reference to those who have an 

 interest in this branch of sport, their 

 existence will have been justified, and the 

 writer fully rewarded ; should they merely 

 serve to while away an empty half-hour by 

 reason of being tolerably light reading, he 

 will yet be content. Only if they be 



