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BOOK NOTICE. 



Of the Snipe, Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey remarks, ' it is strange, 

 after all that has been written and observed, how little we really 

 know concerning their habits; how they come, where they go, or 

 when they may be expected in numbers. The eccentricity of their 

 movements baffles the oldest Snipe shooter ; no one can with any 

 certainty look for sport with Snipe on Tuesday, because he had it on 

 Monday, though he seeks the birds at the same place and under 

 the same climatic conditions.' 



We can quite bear out the observation of the writer that the Jack 

 Snipe is becoming scarcer every year in our islands ; why, it is hard to 

 say, as they have never been known to breed with us, and when full 

 Snipe are abundant often get off without a shot. 



Not the least attractive portion of these volumes are the numerous 

 excellent illustrations from the pencils of our best painter-naturalists, 

 as Messrs. Stuart Wortley, Charles Whymper, G. E. Lodge, J. G. 

 Millais, and others. 



Much more might we have said, had space permitted, about these 

 excellent volumes. We can strongly recommend our readers to buy 

 them, or at least to borrow them and read them. They will form a 

 valuable addition to the book-shelves of the sportsman and naturalist, 

 and we venture to say for many years to come, be the chief work of 

 reference on all matters connected with the sport of Shooting. 



