240, 243
Sulkiness, 67, 261
Summed, 18
Swallow, 65, 131
Swivel, 43
Symonds, Mr. George, 130
‘Tagrag,’ eyess jack, 216, 219, 231
Tail of hawk, 32, 232
” tying up of, 151
Tail-to-tail, 271
Taking up, 69
Talon, 19, 242
Tame hawks, 91
Tartaret, 22
Temper, 36, 52, 68, 141, 160, 255
Temperament, 67, 132, 256, 261
Thin hawks, 77, 91, 185
Thompson, Major C. W., 7
Thornton, Colonel, 4, 148
Throwing off, 104, 106
” up, 109
Thrush, 164, 167
Ticks, 241
Tiercel, tassel, or tiercelet, 18
Time of feeding and flying hawks, 64, 89, 179
Tips, 193, 222
Tirings, 53, 61, 81, 152, 182, 187, 227
Tit-bits, 59, 182, 262
Tobacco wash, 241
“Tostin,” haggard male goshawk, 158
Train, 19
Training, 80-100
Traps, 102, 199
Travelling, 56
Tree hawks, 263
Trees, 218, 264
Tristram, Canon, 39
Trussing, 30
Tunisian lanner, 25
Turbervile, 7, 80, 233, 239
Tying up tail, 151, 226
Umbrella, 178
Undulating country, 31
Unhooding, 49, 77, 105, 273
Unpopularity of hawking, 3
Unseeling, 20
Unsummed, 18
Up-wind and down-wind, 119, 136, 194
Valkenswaard, 42, 71
Value of hawks. See Price
Van, 52
Varvels, 41
“Vesta,” eyess falcon, 116, 129, 176, 269
Vice, 255-274
Virtues of hawks, 255-259, 274
Voice, 82, 83, 106, 122
Waiting on, 15, 92, 96, 117, 145, 197
Waking, 80, 151
Walking up quarry, 121, 126, 194
Warble, 20
Washed meat, 98, 185, 253
Water, 277
” -hen, 154, 156, 162
” -rail, 156
Watson, Colonel, 7
Weasel, 33, 156
Weather, 178, 248
Weathering, 86
Whistle, 82
White-crowned eagle, 38
” -legged falconet, 39
“Who-whoop,” 110
“Why-loe,” falconer’s cry, 119
Wild-caught hawks, 70, 87
” -duck, 18, 21, 129, 144, 156
” -fowl, 18, 38, 156
Wild-goose, 15, 18, 147, 156
” hawks, 68, 71, 141, 186, 219, 235, 236, 270, 283
Willemot, Rev. W., 7
“Will o’ the Wisp,” passage tiercel, 101
Wind, 100, 107, 136, 142, 175, 178, 192
Winding up, 220
Wing, breakage of, 232
” feathers, 11
” of hawks and eagles, 11, 258, 259
Wing, weakness of, 232
Winter larks, 140
Wood-pigeon, 18, 33, 158, 167
Woodcock, 5, 148
Worms, 241
Worth of live and dead hawks, 30, 71, 144, 155
Wren, 162
Writers on hawking, 1, 7
Yarak, 31, 153, 162
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.