. Lord Lilford on birds: being a collection of informal and unpublished writings by the late president of the British Ornithologists' Union. With contributed papers upon falconry and otter hunting, his favourite sports . and that, indeed, the idea notuncommonly obtains that the otter is still barbarouslydespatched with the spear. Falconry, it was pointed out,was a still more restricted pursuit. The Editor hastherefore ventured himself to write a short account ofotter hunting, and has been fortunate in obtaining a PREFACE vii description of falconry from the pen of the Rev. GageEarle Freeman.^
. Lord Lilford on birds: being a collection of informal and unpublished writings by the late president of the British Ornithologists' Union. With contributed papers upon falconry and otter hunting, his favourite sports . and that, indeed, the idea notuncommonly obtains that the otter is still barbarouslydespatched with the spear. Falconry, it was pointed out,was a still more restricted pursuit. The Editor hastherefore ventured himself to write a short account ofotter hunting, and has been fortunate in obtaining a PREFACE vii description of falconry from the pen of the Rev. GageEarle Freeman.^ Nearly all of the pictures which illustrate thisvolume are studies of individual birds in the collectionat Lilford. Our thanks are rendered to Mr. E. G. B. Meade-Waldo for his help in reading through the proof-sheets, and his kind interest in the preparation of the book. 1 Author of Falconry: its History, Claims, and Practice. Wehave much pleasure in quoting in this connection a passage wefind in a letter written by Lord Lilford to Mr. Freeman in 1895 :— You have done more to keep English falconers in the right waythan any man now living. No such practical work as yours hasbeen written on falconry this Lord Lilfords Flower. LORD LILFORDS PUBLISHED WORKS. Coloured Figures of the British Birds. The First Edition of this work, which was issued in partsby subscription, commenced in October, 1885, and the secondin April, 1891. Edition is really a misnomer; for whenin 1891 it was decided to admit a further set of subscribers(at rather a higher rate of subscription) only some eighteen(or so) of the plates had yet appeared. These wereretouched and, in the opinion of many good judges,actually improved. Thenceforward the First and SecondEditions were identical, running together and endingsimultaneously. Notes 071 tlu Birds of Northamptonshire and Neighbourhood. This book was published in 1895. Some parts of it hadalready appeared in the form of communicated papers (
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