Description
Contents Include: Practical Falconry: Preliminaries – The Peregrine Falcon (Hack) – Castings – Hooding – Flown to the Lure – “Waiting On” – Use and Abuse of Pigeons – Partridge and Grouse Hawking, with Some Comments on “Carrying,” Markers, Wood Pigeons, etc – Haggards with Game – Chickens and Eyesses – Heron-Hawking – Rook-Hawking – Magpie-hawking – Pewits – Wild Ducks – House Pigeons – Other Flights – The Jerfalcon – Merlins – The Goshawk – The Sparrowhawk – The Bath – Imping – Coping – The Brail – Moult – Diseases – Haggards – Lost Hawks – Live Pigeons – Conclusion – How I Became a Falconer: First Experiences with Kestrels, Sparrowhawks, Merlins – Early Notes on Flying the merlin – My Old Enthusiasm – Sport – Hawks Frightening Game from the land – Permission to fly at Grouse – Black Cloud – Storm Cloud – The Princess – Islay – Nearly Blinded – An Appeal to the Generosity of Sportsmen – Some Trifling Anecdotes – Is Chiefly on the Goshawk
