I02 BOOKS ON FALCONRY. 



his " Prime-proupos'' {Avant propos, p. 46), the only portion of 

 the work in which the style and orthography of the period has 

 been reproduced by the editor : — " Plus oultre ay privement 

 commerce avecques des plus grans comme avecques du plus 

 menu ; ay veu courre plus d'ung cerf, et faict voler plus d'ung 

 hobereau, et somme, ay cueilly bien des fruictz k bien des 

 arbres de tout fueillaige." 



206. DUNOYER DE NOIRMONT (Baron). His- 



TOIRE DE LA Chasse EN France, depuis Ics tcmps 

 les plus recules jusqu'a la Revolution. Paris, V""' 

 Bouchard- Huzard. 1867-68. 3 vols. 8vo. 



An admirable work, full of historical research on Hunting, 

 Hawking, Fowling, and Shooting as pursued in France from the 

 earliest times to the Revolution. 



The third volume contains (pp. 69-200) a section on Falconry, 

 abounding with interesting historical details. 



207. PICHOT (Pierre Amedee). La Fauconnerie 

 en Angleterre et en France a notre epoque. Paris. 

 1865. 8vo. 



Reprinted from the "Revue Britannique," Oct. 1865. 



This excellent article, which contains many interesting details 

 relating to the practice of Falconry in Europe in the 19th cen- 

 tury, has been quoted at length by M. Magaud D'Aubusson 

 (No. 211), and forms the basis of the following publication : — 



208. PICHOT (Pierre Amedee). Les Oiseaux de 



Sport: La Chasse au Faucon, et la Peche au Cormoran. 



Paris, Librairie du Jardin d'Acclimatation. 1875. 1 2mo. 



A little volume of 48 pp. illustrated with 15 woodcuts, in which 

 will be found many interesting details concerning the Loo Hawk- 

 ing Club (1840-53), the Champagne Hawking Club (1865-68), 

 and the hawking stud of the Maharajah Duleep Singh maintained 

 at Elveden Hall, Thetford, between the years 1856 and 1864. 



209. LA CROIX (Paul). Moeurs Usages et 



