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tions by Wolf will add yet another laurel to the chaplet of that ex- 

 quisite artist. The author's style is as agreeable as formerly, and the 

 matters discussed have as genuine a flavour of the open air. 



Still we do not like this book so well as the ' Rambles.' Mr. Knox 

 is a sportsman and a naturalist : this is no new discovery : it was 

 evident from every page of the ' Rambles ;' but in that work the na- 

 turalist was predominant, the sportsman being kept in abeyance : in 

 this the naturalist is in abeyance ; the sportsman reigns supreme. The 

 very title of the book seems a misnomer — ' Friends and Foes.' Alas ! 

 from Mr. Knox's teaching, one would think the feathered creation 

 had no friend, and one single foe, and that foe, man ! It must not, 

 however, be supposed that Mr. Knox's book is a simple record of 

 slaughter. Interspersed here and there are anecdotes which illustrate 

 the habits, or speak to the tractability of species, and a few of these 

 we shall cite, as more agreeable to naturalists than the destruction of 

 one thousand and twenty-six woodcocks in six days (see p. 45), or five 

 hundred and seventy-four hares in one day (see p. 118) ; or even than 

 the following list of vermin' destroyed on the celebrated Highland pro- 

 perty of Glengary, of which list Mr. Knox himself says, " speaking 

 as a naturalist rather than a sportsman, it cannot but be a matter of 

 regret that the excessive protection of the grouse involves the indis- 

 criminate slaughter of so many interesting birds and quadrupeds be- 

 coming exceedingly rare amongst us." To this lament we most 

 heartily say, Amen ! 



" 11 Foxes 285 Common buzzards 



198 Wild-cals 371 Roughlegged buzzards 



246 Martin-cats 3 Honey buzzards 



106 Polecats 462 Kestrels or red hawks 



301 Stoats and weasels 78 Merlin hawks 



67 Badgers 9 Ash-coloured hawks, or long blue- 



48 Otters tailed ditto 



78 House-cats, going wild 83 Hen-harriers, or ring-tailed hawks 



27 White-tailed sea-eagles 6 Jer-falcon toe-feathered hawks (?) 



15 Golden eagles 1431 Hooded or carrion crow 



18 Ospreys or fishing eagles 475 Ravens 



98 Blue hawks or peregrine falcons 35 Horned owls 



275 Kites, commonly called salmon- 71 Common fern owls. This I ima- 

 tailed gledes gine was the short-eared owl. 

 5 March harriers, or yellow-legged Surely not the insectivorous 

 hawks nightjar ! 



63 Goshawks 3 Golden owls. Probably the white 

 7 Orange-legged falcons or barn owl 



11 Hobby hawks 8 Magpies." — Page 116. 



