BOOK NOTICES. 



28l 



Hah 



Derbyshire. 

 Hard wick Hall ... ... In use. 



Lancashire. 

 ... In use. Orford Hall . 



Lincolnshire. 



Not 



Ashby 



Bourne ... ... 



Deeping Fen (5) . ... 



Cowbit 



Fleet 



Dowsby 

 Aslackby 

 Mill yard Farm 

 Sempringham Fen (3) 

 South Kyme ... 

 North Kyme... 

 Timber land ... 

 Nocton Hall 



In use. Friskney (5) ... 



Not in use. Hagnaby 



,, Wainfleet St. Mary's (2) 



Wrangle (3) 



Leake... 

 ,, Skellingthorpe 



Burton Hall 



,, South Carlton 



,, South Kelsey 



Farlsthorpe ... 

 ,, Broughton 

 ,, Keadby ... ... 



,, Great Cotes ... 



Not in use. 



Haughton 

 Park Hall 



Hornby Castle 



Thirkleby Park 



Coatham 



Escrick (2) ... 



Osgodby 



Meaux 



Watton 



Nottingham. 

 In use. Ossington 

 Woolaton 



Westmoreland. 

 Lowther Castle ... ... Not in use. 



Yorkshire. 

 ... In use. Scorborough ... 



,, Holme 

 ... Not in use. Sunk Island ... 

 ,, Thorne 

 Goole 

 Birdsall 



In use. 

 Not in use. 



Not 



It is impossible to speak too highly of this book. Indeed, though long neg- 

 lected, the Decoy Book has lost nothing from delay in recent years, when it has 

 secured for its author the gentleman who of all others possesses pre-eminently the 

 necessary qualifications for its successful compilation — namely, of being an excellent 

 field-naturalist and a thorough sportsman ; and the author of ' The Fowler in 

 Ireland,' with his unrivalled knowledge of the duck tribe, has accomplished this 

 labour of love in a manner worthy in every respect of his great reputation, and 

 has produced a book at once invaluable and interesting. 



We gladly make known the fact that Sir Ralph desires information on the un- 

 worked and almost forgotten decoys which may have escaped his notice. We are 

 glad to be able to state that we ourselves are at present engaged in investigating the 

 history of such an one in Yorkshire, which should be particularly interesting, since 

 it was constructed in the year 1655. We shortly hope to present to the readers of 

 the Naturalist all the information obtainable concerning it. — W.E.C. 



Lord Lilford's Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British 

 Islands. 



We have received Part II of this important work, containing figures of the 

 Black-throated Thrush, Desert Wheatear, Whinchat, Stonechat, Lesser White- 

 throat, Garden Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Savi's Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 

 Hobby (immature plumage), Arctic Bluethroat, and White-spotted Bluethroat. 

 We had much pleasure in recommending this work to our readers in the January 

 number of the Naturalist, and then expressed a very high opinion of its excellence. 

 A critical examination and comparison of the plates enables us to state that they 

 are decidedly amongst the best that have ever been produced. 



Sept. 1886. 



