. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. \ ta. *' cv .^: r; i I .M ^ »% V jr Jt, V. TIERCEL GENTLE: A HIT ON GROUSE Scotland must receive the credit for perpetuating the " Noble Art " when it had languished over the rest of western Europe, and no quarry is better suited to the capacities of the Peregrine, or " Gentle Falcon " than the Scotch red grouse. But the '' gentle '' part is forgotten when the hawk makes its thunderbolt assault diving on its victim from a height or " pitch" of hundreds of feet, usually killing it clean witli a sing
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. \ ta. *' cv .^: r; i I .M ^ »% V jr Jt, V. TIERCEL GENTLE: A HIT ON GROUSE Scotland must receive the credit for perpetuating the " Noble Art " when it had languished over the rest of western Europe, and no quarry is better suited to the capacities of the Peregrine, or " Gentle Falcon " than the Scotch red grouse. But the '' gentle '' part is forgotten when the hawk makes its thunderbolt assault diving on its victim from a height or " pitch" of hundreds of feet, usually killing it clean witli a single resounding blow of the half-closed fist. A good falcon will never seize or " truss " its quarry. The term tiercel (meaning the male of various species of falcon) is derived from the Latin tertius, accord- ing to some because every third bird in the nest is supposed to be a male ; according to others because the male is supposed to be a third smaller than the female. HI. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Washington, D. C. : National Geographic Society
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