Game birds; 1929

Game birds; 1929

Author: Hugh B. C. Pollard (1888-); Philip Rickman (1891-1982)

Year: 1929

Game birds (1929) by Hugh B.C. Pollard ; illustrated by Phillip Rickman Sub Title: rearing, preservation, and shooting / Published 1929 in London; Boston and New York by Eyre and Spottiswood; Houghton Mifflin Company Publication Note: "Printed in Great Britain by Billing and Sons Ltd., Guildford and Esher"--Colophon. Notes: Green cloth binding with gilt title on the spine. Boards with beveled edges. Table of Contents: Preface -- Pheasants: history and natural history of the pheasant -- Pheasants: rearing pheasants -- Pheasants: advoidance of disease -- Pheasants: woodland and wild or rough shoots -- Partridges -- The grouse -- The grouse: grouse shooting -- Snipe and woodcock -- Duck -- Duck, geese and waders -- The gun room I: modern game guns -- The gun room II: shooting-ground practice National Sporting Library & Museum Middleburg, VA F. Ambrose Clark Rare Book Room John H. and Martha Daniels Collection Call #: DAN C 040 .P555 1929 Original held by the National Sporting Library & Museum. This resource is in the public domain and may be used without restriction, however, attribution is customary and requested.