. Reptiles and birds. A popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting. Birds; Reptiles. HAWKING. 619 " Now riding fast, we soon came by the side of the meadows adjoining the warren, where the ' markers ' of M. de Lign^ dis- covered three Herons, and at once came to tell him of it. Making up his mind to attack them, the Sieur de Ligne did me the favour .^%,. rig. 294.—Heron Hawking. of giving me a white Gyrfalcon, named 'La Perle,' to let fly; he himself took another, called ' Le Gentilhomme,' and one of his people took a third,
. Reptiles and birds. A popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting. Birds; Reptiles. HAWKING. 619 " Now riding fast, we soon came by the side of the meadows adjoining the warren, where the ' markers ' of M. de Lign^ dis- covered three Herons, and at once came to tell him of it. Making up his mind to attack them, the Sieur de Ligne did me the favour .^%,. rig. 294.—Heron Hawking. of giving me a white Gyrfalcon, named 'La Perle,' to let fly; he himself took another, called ' Le Gentilhomme,' and one of his people took a third, named' Le Pinson.' When the Herons heard us approach they became alarmed, and took wing while we were yet some distance off; seeing this, we let fly the birds, which were. 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 Figuier, Louis, 1819-1894; Gillmore, Parker, ed. Springfield, Mass. , W. J. Holland
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