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+ 138, with front., and 1 pi. Part ii (Hawking), pp. 91. Part iii

(Fowling and Singing-birds), pp. 78. Part iv (Angling), pp. 71

and 1 pi. Part v (The Hunter), pp. 106. Part vi (An Abridge¬

ment of Manwood’s Forest Laws and of all the Acts of Parliament

made since ; 1705). pp. 101, withpp. [8] indexes. London. 1706.


Of no great ornithological importance hut the account of the Wren

(part iii, p. 65) has been often quoted. It is noteworthy that Mullens

gives the date of this—the fifth—edition as 1707. (I think this copy

lacks 2 plates).


Manzini, Cesare. Ammaestramenti | per allevare, \ pascere , & curare gli


| uccelli. 1 vol, 12mo, pp. 58 -H [2] index, with 9 woodcuts in text.

Milan. 1645.


A very rare little volume upon Nightingales and other birds.


Wright, George. The | Complete Bird-Fancyer, \ or \ Bird-Fancyer’s

Recreation. \ ... By George Wright, who has made the rearing Birds

| his Diversion near Twenty Years. \ . . . 1 vol., post. 8vo, pp. viii

+ 9 95, with front. London. [N.D. ? 1760].


Published in marble paper covers at Is. On p. viii, there is an

advertisement—“ this day is published ”— The Complete Sportsman,

by Thomas Fairfax : this is believed to have been published in [1760] :

I have therefore dated the book [N.D. ? 1760]. This work bears a

curious resemblance to The Bird-Fancier's Recreation, published by

[T. Ward] in 1735. The preface to both books is very similar and so

is the letterpress throughout. When dealing with the Red Bird (1735,

p. 89) the [Author] states he has “ been a Dealer in Birds for forty

years past ”. Mr. Wright ([N.D.] preface) says he “ has made the

rearing Birds his Diversion near Twenty Years ”. The authors of the

two books would therefore appear to be different but I fancy this

book is only a crib—almost a reproduction—of the book of 1735.



