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second volume. The writer shows himself perfectly familiar with 

 his subject, and his contribution is one of the best in the book. 

 Want of space precludes our following him through the long, 

 varied game list of India ; suffice it to say that he has much good 

 advice to give, and his tables of measurements will be found most 

 useful to those in search of standards by which to judge their 

 own trophies. 



Perhaps the most coveted of all heads is that of the great Wild 

 Sheep of the Pamir which has been named in honour of Marco 

 Polo, and Mr. St. George Littledale's account of his adventures 

 in search of this grand beast, and of the success which he met 

 with in pursuing it, will be read with lively interest by naturalists 

 as well as sportsmen. 



The volume concludes with some useful hints on camps and 

 transport, on the choice of rifles and ammunition, and on the 

 best method of preserving trophies. 



In regard to illustrations, both volumes are well supplied with 

 process blocks from drawings by Messrs. Wolf, C. Whymper, and 

 H. Willink, as well as from photographs ; and although the par- 

 ticular process employed does not always do justice to the 

 delicacy of the original sketches, many of the finer lines being 

 sometimes effaced, on the whole they must be regarded as 

 artistically drawn, and, with few exceptions, much more accurate 

 than many we are accustomed to see. It is satisfactory to note 

 that not one of them has been borrowed from any previous publi- 

 cation — they have all been expressly designed for the present 

 work ; and we are indebted to the publishers for permission to 

 reproduce a few, that our readers may judge whether we have 

 unduly praised them. 



Game Birds and Shooting Sketches : Illustrating the Habits, mode 

 of Capture, stages of Plumage, and the Hybrids and Varieties 

 which occur amongst them. By John Guille Millais. 

 Second Edition. 4to. Pp. i-xiii, 1-185. With numerous 

 Illustrations. London : Sotheran & Co. 1894. 



The author of this capital book has conferred a boon upon 

 naturalists and sportsmen by publishing his second edition upon 



