THE GAME BIRDS 



AND 



WILD FOWL 



OF 



THE BRITISH ISLANDS 



BEING 



1. 3iantibook for thz fittnulM anb gpovtsmait 



CHARLES DIXON 



AUTHOR OF "^ 

 *' RURAL BIRD-LIFE," " EVOLUTION WITHOUT NATURAL SELECTION,'' " OUR RARER 

 BIRDS," "annals of BIRD-LIFE," " STRAY FEATHERS FROM MANY BIRDS," " IDLK 

 HOURS WITH NATURE," "THE BIRDS OF OUR RAMBLES," "tHE MIGRATION OF BIRDS." 



ILLUSTRATED BY A, T, ELWES 



LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, Ltd. 



1893. 



{All rights reserved,'^ 



