. Lord Lilford on birds: being a collection of informal and unpublished writings by the late president of the British Ornithologists' Union.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 . of the uninitiat«l: while the studyof a character at once so symp;ithetic. and cxactas tliat nf the late Lord Lilford cannot fail tobe of tho grealcst benefit to any reader. Andto llKwe, and Ihc^y roust be many, to whom itis a pleasure to linger ovei- the srattorcd nolesof a careful observer of tho fans of naturalhistory whereby tjicy will gain both instruotionand deli
. Lord Lilford on birds: being a collection of informal and unpublished writings by the late president of the British Ornithologists' Union.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 . of the uninitiat«l: while the studyof a character at once so symp;ithetic. and cxactas tliat nf the late Lord Lilford cannot fail tobe of tho grealcst benefit to any reader. Andto llKwe, and Ihc^y roust be many, to whom itis a pleasure to linger ovei- the srattorcd nolesof a careful observer of tho fans of naturalhistory whereby tjicy will gain both instruotionand delight this book may be fairly it Iannot be regarded as » serious (nntri-bution cither (o ornitLology proper or loEcienreat large. This is not to .^ay that the notesUiemsplves are at fault, or even useless: butthey are notes only. ?iich as may he pigeon-jtiolcd or even gathcr»ti up into coherent form witJiin the pages of some soientifio journal, butsuch as shctild Dewer find their way into bookform the time oiroes when they may servetheir purpoee as illustrations of general prin-cipif f. A>. if- L f-^ffZH^,, f3. /-^ ^. ?. ^iL^^^t^ -^^h^^o^it^A^ ^ /GOlSr LORD LILFORD ON BIRDS. V S. \ \ L ORD LILFORD^ =^-^ON BIRDS BEING A COLLECTION OF INFORMAL ANDUNPUBLISHED WRITINGS BY THE LATEPRESIDENT OF THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTSUNION . WITH CONTRIBUTED PAPERS UPONFALCONRY AND OTTER HUNTING, HISFAVOURITE SPORTS 1 EDITED BY AUBYN TREVOR-BATTYE , , ETC. MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS UNIONAND ILLUSTRATED BY ARCHIBALD THORBURN London: HUTCHINSON & COPaternoster Row -*> •> ^9^3 PRINTED BV HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEV, LD. LONDON AND AYLESBURY. PREFACE Ornithologically this book falls into three naturaldivisions, each with its own particular appeal. The Mediterranean Journals with their lists of birdsobtained or seen would be valuable, if only as modelsof careful work; but beyond this, such a companionas their recorder must surely add deli
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