Portada

PRACTICAL FALCONRY, TO WHICH IS ADDED, HOW I BECAME A FALCON IBD

DEUTSCH PRESS
11 / 2007
9781408633137
Inglés

Sinopsis

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

PVP
13,31