THE NEW WILDFOWLER. Edited by Noel M. Sedgwick, Peter Whitaker and Jeffery Harrison.

1961 1st edition. Large 8vo (157 x 239mm). Pp311. B/w photograph plates, b/w illustrations and maps, 4 colour plates by Peter Scott, bibliography. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt.

"Development, drainage and reclamation of land, both on the coast and inland, have had a marked effect on the habits and habitat of our wildfowl. This in its turn, has brought about a change of attitude on the part of the wildfowler, who realises that if his shooting is to survive and improve in the face of modern difficulties he must play as active a part in conservation as in the pursuit of his quartry. ...Co-operation in a joint cause is the key-note ...throughout this work, the most comprehensive book on the sport today." Chapters include: Wildfowling and the law (two chapters); Wildfowl identification and distribution, wader identification and hybridization; The migration of British geese and ducks; Food habits of wildfowl; Clothes and equipment; Guns and cartridges; Making and using decoys; The wildfowler's dog; Shore shooting; Inland marsh shooting; Fenland shooting; The broads; The wildfowler in Eire; Punt-gunning; Duck rearing and ringing; On ringing a duck; Wildfowl in captivity; National wildfowl refuges; Local reserves; Goose conservation; Bird protection and the wildfowler; National wildfowl counts; Conservation of wildfowl in Britain; The diseases of wildfowl; Vermin destruction; Wildfowl taxidermy; wildfowl cookery; Wildfowling etiquette; Famous wildfowlers of the past; Bibliography.