430 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



appearance and utility of the volume, the views especially giving 

 a good idea of the wild nature of the scenery amidst which the 

 authors' notes were made. 



An approved Treatise of Hawkes and Hawking. By Edmund 

 Bert. For the first time reprinted from the original of 

 1619. With an Introduction by J. E. Harting. Sm. 4to, 

 pp. i — vii, 1 — 109. London : Bernard Quaritch. 1891. 



When a w T ork of merit has become so scarce that a copy only 

 turns up about once in ten years, and then fetches an extravagant 

 price, it is about time that it should be reprinted. 



This is the case with Bert's book which bears the above 

 title, it is one of the best of the old English works on Falconry, 

 chiefly for the reason that it is founded on the personal experi- 

 ence of the author, who was very successful in training the 

 Goshawk to take Partridges and Pheasants. He lived at Collier 

 Row, near Romford, in Essex, and as that part of the country in 

 James the First's time was even more wooded than it is at present, 

 it is clear that for the author and his neighbours the short- winged 

 hawk was preferable to the long-winged falcon, for the latter could 

 not have been flown without great risk of losing it. 



He used to ride out of Essex into Sussex to hawk over the 

 downs, where (he says) : — " I have killed for the most part of a 

 month together with an intermewed goshawk eight, nine, or ten 

 partridges in a day. The day of my going thither and the day 

 of my return to London was just five weeks, and it was a fortnight 

 or more in Michaelmas term when I came back. I killed in that 

 time with that one hawk four score and odd partridges, five 

 pheasants, seven rails, and four hares against my will." 



He especially delighted in pheasant-hawking with a goshawk 

 una spaniels, and, at the time of writing his remarks on the 

 subject, had had seven years' experience in this branch of the 

 aport. The hints and advice which he gives in relation to it are 

 accordingly most practical and useful. 



The present publication, which issues from the Ballantyne 

 Press, is not only a verbatim et literatim reprint, but in regard to 

 type, nead-lines, initials, and other ornaments, is as nearly a 

 facsimile as it is possible to make it without the aid of 

 photography. 



