Practical Falconry, To Which is Added, How I Became a Falconer

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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