Bibliotheca Accipitraria a Catalogue of Books Ancient and Modern Relating to Falconry, with Notes, Glossary, and VocabularyB. Quaritch, 1891 - 289 pages |
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Page xiii
... hawks , feed and give castings , in the same manner . This alone would prove the ancient origin of Falconry , which appears to have had but one source , and probably to have been introduced by the Indo - Germanic race from the plains of ...
... hawks , feed and give castings , in the same manner . This alone would prove the ancient origin of Falconry , which appears to have had but one source , and probably to have been introduced by the Indo - Germanic race from the plains of ...
Page xiv
... hawks from Wales . The same historian says of Edward the Confessor that his chief delight was to follow a pack of swift hounds and cheer them with his voice , or to attend the flight of hawks taught to pursue and catch their kindred ...
... hawks from Wales . The same historian says of Edward the Confessor that his chief delight was to follow a pack of swift hounds and cheer them with his voice , or to attend the flight of hawks taught to pursue and catch their kindred ...
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... hawks were removed from the Mews at Charing Cross ( where they had been kept during many reigns ) , and the place was converted into stables . The name , however , confirmed by long usage , remained to the building , although after the ...
... hawks were removed from the Mews at Charing Cross ( where they had been kept during many reigns ) , and the place was converted into stables . The name , however , confirmed by long usage , remained to the building , although after the ...
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... hawks , the sparrow - hawk is flown at blackbirds and thrushes , partridges early in the season , and quails ; the goshawk taking pheasants , partridges , and wild - fowl , rabbits and hares . With all birds of prey the females are ...
... hawks , the sparrow - hawk is flown at blackbirds and thrushes , partridges early in the season , and quails ; the goshawk taking pheasants , partridges , and wild - fowl , rabbits and hares . With all birds of prey the females are ...
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... hawks . " The mode of treatment is a little different , inasmuch as the latter have already learned to catch and kill prey for them- selves , and only require to be tamed ; the former have every- thing to learn . A passage - hawk on ...
... hawks . " The mode of treatment is a little different , inasmuch as the latter have already learned to catch and kill prey for them- selves , and only require to be tamed ; the former have every- thing to learn . A passage - hawk on ...
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ACCIPITRARIA Albans Albertus Magnus amongst Arabic Aucupio Aves bábs Baron Berkut birds Black letter British Museum Brunetto Latini caça Caccia Catalogue Caza century chapter Charles Chasse cited contains copy d'Arcussia eagle Earl Emperor Frederick engraved eyess Falconry Falken Fauconnerie fauconniers feathers field sports flight flown flying folio Fowling France French German given Goshawk Hammer Purgstall hawks heron Heron-hawking hood Hunting illustrations Italian Jerfalcon jesses John kinds of hawks King krechet Kreysig LA FAUCONNERIE Lanner Latin LIBRI LIBRO Livre du Roi London lure Madrid modo moult Nicholas Cox Norfolk Oiseaux original Paris partridges Peregrine Persian Peter Ballantine Pichot Pierre plates poem portrait practice Prince printed published Purgstall quarry referred relating to Falconry reprint Roy Modus Royal Saker Schlegel second edition Sir Ralph Sadler Sir Thomas Monson Spanish Sparrow-hawk Thornton Thornville trained Traité translation treatise Uccelli Vénerie woodcuts writer
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