PREFACE BY THE EDITOR 



The task of editing the following- pages has been a 

 very pleasurable one to me, and 1 sincerely trust that 

 their perusal may prove equally so to the reader. 



An editor is, at the best, but the mouthpiece of the 

 author, and if I have failed to do justice to the MS. 

 placed in my hands I must excuse myself on the 

 ground of being rather soldier and sportsman than 

 scribe. 



I gladly take the opportunity thus afforded me of 

 tendering my sincere thanks to Mr. F. H. Salvin, the 

 author of ' Falconry in the British Isles,' for the very 

 material assistance he has given me in the compilation 

 of Part V. ; he has also very kindly lent some of the 

 plates from that valuable work. My thanks are also 

 due to Mr. Hutchinson for kindly overlooking the 

 portion on ' Golf.' 



It but remains for me to express my hope that the 



