Intermewed hawks, 19
“Isolt,” eyess female goshawk, 158
Italian falconers, 7
” writers, 7, 167
Jack or male merlin, 28
Jackdaw, 147
James I. of England, 3
” IV. of Scotland, 3
Japanese falconers, 7, 39
Javanese falcon, 22
Jay, 33
Jess, 41
Join, 19
Jowk, 19
“Jubilee,” eyess jack, 61, 65, 68, 140, 199, 211
Jumping to the fist, 88
‘Kecks,’ or croaks, 237
Kestrel, 2, 18, 29, 30, 68, 78, 148, 274, 283
Kholsan, 37
Killing trained hawks, 4, 8, 283, 284
“Kismet,” eyess tiercel, 143
Kite-hawking, 15, 23, 103, 144
Labrador falcon, 14
“Lady Mabel,” eyess sparrow-hawk, 168
“Lady Macbeth,” eyess sparrow-hawk, 164
Landrail, 147, 156, 167
Lanner, lanneret, 23, 115, 198
Lantiner, 18
Lapwing, 146, 217
Lark-hawking, 130-141, 201
Larks, 137
Lascelles, Hon. G., 6, 8
Latham, S., 8, 21, 131
Law about hawking, 4, 284
Laziness, 86, 211, 269
Learning to train hawks, 30
Leash, 44, 278
Leo X., Pope, 3
Lesser falcon, 22
Lice, 241
Lifting, 32, 95, 132, 261
Lilford, Lord, 6, 13, 74, 130
Live lure, 204
Long-winged hawks, 19-30
Loo Club, 5, 144
Lost hawks, 136, 201, 213-224, 231
Louis XI. of France, 3
” XIII., 39, 131
Lugger, 25
Lure, 37, 51, 63, 88, 117, 265, 281
” hawks of the, 150
Made hawk, 93, 125
Magpie, 145, 197
Maichin, M., 37
Mailed, 20
Mails, 19
Make-hawk, 93, 113, 142, 273
Making in, 95, 96, 102, 195
Maladies, 235-243
Mann, Mr. T., 7
Manning, 61, 80, 151
Mantle, 19
Marhawk, 81
Markers, 175, 192, 194
Marshalling the field, 193
“May,” eyess merlin, 206, 207
Meal-times, 62, 64
Medicine, 234, 252, 269
Megrim, 241
Merlin, 27, 80, 115, 130-141, 148, 181, 206-212, 217, 226
“Meteor,” passage tiercel, 146
Mews, 53, 172
Mice, 182
Michelin, 249
Migration of hawks, 70, 71, 179
Mites, 91, 233, 241
Möllen, Adrian, and Sons, 5, 16, 42, 48, 79, 144, 276
Moult, 139, 140, 244-254
Moulting larks, 137, 139, 199
Mountee, 94
Mounting, 120, 128
” larks, 138
Mummy, 243
Musket, or male sparrow-hawk, 3, 160-169
Mutes, 20, 234, 235, 241
Nares, 19, 233, 258
Naturalists, 39
Newall, Mr. A., 7, 130, 155, 159
Newcome, Mr. E. C., 5, 13, 16, 101, 131, 144
Norfolk plover, 147
Norway falcon and tiercel, 13
Norwegian goshawks, 33
Notes of flights, 206
Notice that trained hawks are kept, 284
O’Keefe, Mr., 101
O’Neill, Lord, 5
Old Hawking Club, the, 5, 16, 52, 105, 116, 143
Oriental falconers, 2
Origin of hawking, 1
“Orkney,” eyess merlin, 280
Ostringer, or austringer, 32
Over-hawked falconers, 170
Owl, 23, 144
Oxer, George, falconer, 6, 159
Packing hawks, 56
Padding of blocks and perches, 45, 47
Palsy, 241
Pannel, 19
Pantas, 241
“Parachute,” eyess falcon, 116, 129, 149
Parasites, 241
Partridge, 115, 125, 129, 153, 156, 158, 161, 162, 165
Passage hawks, 18, 70-86, 97, 123
Peewit, 146, 217
Pegging out, 85
Pells, John, falconer, 5
Pelt, 19, 102, 199, 263
Perch, 45, 242
Perching, 268
Peregrine, 16-20
Petty singles, 19
Pheasant, 115, 148, 153, 156, 158
Physicking, 24, 91, 153, 161, 236-243
Pichot, M. P. A., 7
Picking up quarry, 130, 161, 197
Pigeons, 58, 65, 72, 94, 141, 154, 204, 217, 275, 284
Pills, 252
Pin, 242
Pinckney, Mr. E. C., 147, 284
Pitch, 120
Plovers, 146, 147
Plugging, 230
Point, making a, 20, 125
Pointers, 121, 125
Poisoning, 283
Pole-cadge, 52
” -hawk, 72
” -pigeon, 73
Poultry, 157
Pounces, 31
Price of hawks, 25, 71, 144, 155
Pride of falcons, 256
“Princess,” eyess merlin, 94
” wild-caught sparrow-hawk, 169
Principals, 19
Prynne, 243
Punic falcon, 22
Purge for hawks, 153, 252, 253
Put in, 20, 136, 197
Put over, 19
Quail, 147, 156, 167
Quarry, 12
” -book, 206, 275
“Queen,” eyess merlin, 211, 281
Rabbit, 33, 58, 153, 158, 181, 277
Radcliffe, Colonel Delmé, 8, 20
Rain, 178, 254
Rake away, 32, 97, 119, 266
Ramage hawk, 18
Rangle, 190
Rats, 156, 157, 239
Ravine deer, 34
Recapture, 220
Reclamation, 76-96, 151
Record of flights, 206-211
Red falcon and tiercel, 18, 71
” hawks, 18, 71
” -legged falconet, 39
” -naped shaheen, 21
“Red Queen,” trained goshawk, 159
Reed, Mr. A. W., 7, 283, 284
Refusing, 136, 162, 271
Renfrewshire Subscription Hawking Club, 148
Retford, James and William, falconers, 6, 280, 282
Retrievers, 125, 127, 156
Revival of falconry, 8
Rewards, 153, 193, 222
Ricks, 263
Riding to hawks, 107, 113, 195
Riley, Mr. John, 6, 157, 161, 168, 277
Ring swivel, 43, 45
Ringing flights, 107, 133, 137, 139, 208
Robin, or male hobby, 183
Rook-hawking, 101-114, 195
Rooks, 94, 119, 217
Rouse, 19
Royal falconers, 2, 3, 141
"Ruby,” eyess sparrow-hawk, 163, 168
” eyess jack, 209
Rufter-hood, 49, 57
Running cunning, 223, 272
Russian falconers, 7, 37
“Ruy Lopez,” eyess jack, 136, 282
Rye, 242
Sails, 19
St. Quintin, Mr. W. H., 6, 129, 142, 146, 148
Saker, 22, 103, 144, 183, 186, 236
Sal ammoniac, 234
Salvin, Captain, 6, 48
Sanford, Colonel E. C. A., 7, 130, 140, 148, 280
Schlegel and Wulverhorst, 8, 275
Science of flying, 107, 123
Scores, 129, 140, 143, 148, 158, 159
Score-sheet, 206-211
Scotch hares, 129
Screaming, 270
Screen perch, 45, 233
Sea-fowl, 15, 147
Sebright, Sir John, 60, 82, 151
Seeling, 20, 78, 80, 119
Serving a hawk, 20, 92, 136
Shaheen, 20, 21, 115, 147, 148
Shakespeare, 3, 162
Shape of hawks, 257
“She,” eyess merlin, 66, 278
Shifting, 108
Shooting trained hawks, 284
Short-winged hawks, 10, 30, 90, 150-169
Shrike, 21, 71, 73
Signals for markers, 192
Sinclair, Mr. John, 5, 148
“Sir Tristram,” eyess goshawk, 158, 278
“Sis,” eyess merlin, 140
Size and shape of hawks, 15, 22, 257-259
Slice, 20, 46
Slight falcon and tiercel, 19, 70
Small birds, 29, 187
Snares for hawks, 221
Snipe, 28, 148
Snurt, 242
Soar, or sore hawk, 18
Soaring, 96, 179, 265
Sock, 74
Soft lure, 98
Sourbets, M., 7
South African lanner, 25
Spaniels, 156
Spare lures, 113, 214
Sparrow, 29, 186, 239, 283
” -hawk, 34, 115, 160-169
Spectators, 172, 195, 197
Speed of hawks, 17, 67, 274
Spotted eagle, 38
Spring-swivel, 43
Squirrel, 156
“Starlight,” peregrine tiercel, 143
Starling, 162, 167, 217
Steppe eagle, 38
Stern-chase, 120
Stoat, 156, 158
Stone curlew, 147
Stonehenge, 196
Stoop, 12, 65, 109, 122, 138
Stooping to the lure, 98
String, 200, 263
Stuffing young hawks, 58
Style, 114, 158, 184
Suffusion of the eye, 240
Sugar, sugar-candy, 82, 239,
About This Book
The author provides a practical manual of falconry, surveying its history and the species employed, then detailing equipment, capture, taming, training, and field techniques for various quarry such as rooks, game birds, larks, gulls, waterfowl, and mammals, with focused chapters on goshawks and sparrow-hawks. Chapters address furniture and mews, taming wild and hacked birds, hunting methods, recovery of lost hawks, accidents, maladies, moulting, and the temperamental virtues and vices of birds. Technical terms are explained and the guidance combines hands-on instruction, field tactics, and illustrative anecdotes to aid practical sport management and bird care.