. Coursing and falconry. Coursing; Falconry; CHR 1892; PRO Stewardson, Misses (donor). SPARROIV-HAJVKS 323 when she had a chance to kill. Except when he had an inferior hawk, he was most careful never to allow them to take a small bird ; but with one that was not good enough for blackbirds (and very many are not) he would kill as many sparrows, &:c., as he pleased. Mr. Bower and Mr. Riley concur in using the. (^'â T .jl«(ii|ii Sparrow-hawk on bow-perch lure occasionally to call their hawk out of trees ; but Mr. Bower's hawks would nearly always (unless half-fed) come to his hand with or w
. Coursing and falconry. Coursing; Falconry; CHR 1892; PRO Stewardson, Misses (donor). SPARROIV-HAJVKS 323 when she had a chance to kill. Except when he had an inferior hawk, he was most careful never to allow them to take a small bird ; but with one that was not good enough for blackbirds (and very many are not) he would kill as many sparrows, &:c., as he pleased. Mr. Bower and Mr. Riley concur in using the. (^'â T .jl«(ii|ii Sparrow-hawk on bow-perch lure occasionally to call their hawk out of trees ; but Mr. Bower's hawks would nearly always (unless half-fed) come to his hand with or without food, and this is the proper way to manage short-winged hawks. Sparrow-hawks are rather delicate and very liable to fits ; the best recipe to preserve them in health is to feed high, work. 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 Cox, Harding, 1854-1944; Lascelles, Gerald, 1849-1928. Falconry; Fairman Rogers Collection (University of Pennsylvania) PU. Boston : Little, Brown, and Co. ; London : Longmans, Green, and Co.
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