BIRD-LIFE OF THE BORDERS: ON MOORLAND AND SEA. WITH FAUNAL NOTES EXTENDING OVER FORTY YEARS. By Abel Chapman, F.Z.S. Second edition.

# (1889) 1907 2nd edition. 8vo (162 x 222mm). Ppxii,458,i. Coloured folding map, b/w plates, text illustrations. Tan buckram, spine titled in gilt, top edge gilt.

# Cheviot grouse and black-game, Northumberland wildfowling including a chapter on "Difficulties and dangers of the gunning-punt." Hunter, traveller, artist, observer and protector of wildlife, Abel Chapman (1851-1929) initiated the Sabi Game-Reserve in South Africa (now the Kruger National Park), saved the Spanish ibex from extinction, discovered the main breeding place of flamingoes in Europe and elucidated the burrowing habits of grouse in snow. Houxty, his Northumbrian home for many years, became a natural sanctuary for all kinds of wild things, and a focal point for naturalists. Some of his best ornithological work was done in Northumberland and his first book, "Bird-Life of the Borders", has been described as a classic of observation and field-work. This second edition was greatly revised and enlarged, containing almost 200 more pages than the first edition. "To the preparation of this [second edition] I have devoted more than a year's work and thought. The first section of the book - that relating to the Cheviots and moorlands of the Border - has been practically re-written, and on a broader basis. The second part, which treats of the north-eastern sea-board, has needed less extension, since it was founded in the first instance on long years of solid experience in wildfowling afloat; and, as herein revised, it now forms, I believe, as complete a delineation of the lives of these wild and scarce-known birds as any one man may hope to produce." (From the author's preface to this second edition).