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he writes with a thorough knowledge of his subject. On this 

 account his Httle book commends itself at once as being thor- 

 oughly practical. 



220. CERFON (C). De la Basse Volerie et du 

 dressage pratique de I'Autour et de I'Epervier. Avec 

 36 gravuresdont 18 hors texte. Vincennes. 1887. 8vo. 



Dealing solely with the management of the Goshawk and 

 Sparrow-hawk, this treatise possesses the novelty of being illus- 

 trated with Japanese figures reproduced from the Ehon iaka 

 kaganii (which see, under Japanese authors). 



The appearance of so many French books on Hawking 

 within the last decade augurs well for the maintenance of this 

 time-honoured sport. 



221. PICHOT (Pierre Amedee). Exposition Uni- 

 verselle Internationale de 1889 a Paris. Fauconnerie. 

 Catalogue Illustr6. Avec ** La Fauconnerie d'autrefois 

 et la Fauconnerie, d'aujourd'hui " conference faite a la 

 Soci6t6 Nationale d'Acclimatation le 21 Mars, 1890, 

 par M. Pierre Amedee Pichot. Paris, Librairie 

 Leopold Cerf. 1890. 4to. 



In this the latest French publication on the subject, we have 

 an illustrated Catalogue of the contents of the Falconry Court 

 at the Paris Exhibition, 1889, including several portraits of 

 Falconers from photographs or old pictures, representations of 

 the sport from Blaine's "Rural Sports "(No. 63), and figures of two 

 eagles trained for hawking, namely (i) a Golden Eagle, belong- 

 ing to M. Paul Gervais of Rosoy, par Acy-en-Multien, brought 

 from Turkestan by M. Benoit Maichin, and trained to kill hares 

 and foxes, and (2) a Bonelli's Eagle, belonging to M. Edmond 

 Barrachin of Ermont par Harblay, procured with another in 

 Spain, and trained to kill rabbits. 



Two of the most useful plates are the outline illustrations on 

 pp. 21, 22, forming a key to the portraits contained in the large 

 folio plates of Heron-hawking in Schlegel's fine work (No, 194). 



The lecture on Ancient and Modern Falconry (pp. 49-92) 

 contains much information that will repay perusal. 



