FRENCH. 105 



German, Spanish, and Italian, and occasionally derivations, e.g'.^ 

 *' on I'appelle cr'eance parcequ'on rameine I'oiseau "k croire et k 

 obdir au leurre" (D'Arcy, Diet. Fran<^ois-Flaman, 1699). 



215. SOUHART (R.). BiBLIOGRAPHIE GENERALE 



DES ouvRAGES SUR LA Chasse, la V^neHe et la Faucon- 

 nerie, Paris. 1886. roy. 8vo. 



A most useful work of reference, but very incomplete as regards 

 Falconry, and especially the English, Spanish, and Italian litera- 

 ture of the subject. 



216. SOURBETS (Georges). La Chasse au Vol 



avec les petltes especes. Notions pratiques de Fau- 



connerie dedi^es aux debutants. Niort. 1885. 4to. 



In this brochure the author claims to have set down all neces- 

 sary and sufficient instruction for taming and training the 

 Merlin, Hobby, Kestrel (if wanted), and Sparrow-hawk. In 

 carrying out these instructions, he says, the reader *' may attain, 

 unaided and with very little expense, the most practical and 

 conclusive results, and thereby encourage the taste for a sport 

 formerly held in high esteem by our ancestors, and one of which 

 to the present day in Europe the English alone have preserved 

 the rules and practice." With this pretty compliment, which it 

 is to be hoped may not be lost upon those for whom it is intended, 

 he proceeds to summarise the results of his own experience in 

 what may be termed an " elementary course," which has since 

 been followed by a more comprehensive treatise, written by 

 the same author in conjunction with M. de Saint Marc. 



217. SOURBETS (G.) et SAINT MARC (C. de). 



Precis de Fauconnerie : contenant les indications 

 necessaires pour affaiter et gouverner les principaux 

 Oiseaux de Vol: suivi de I'education du Cormoran. 

 Ouvrage ornd de planches hors texte. Niort, 1887. 

 8vo. 



In this joint work, which is illustrated with woodcuts, we find, 

 embodied, in ten chapters and less than a hundred and fifty pages, 



