. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. Painting by Louis Agassiz Fuertes WING OF FALCON, OR LONG-WINGED HAWK (uPPFr), AND WING OF GOSHAWK, OR SHORT-WINGLD HAWK (lOWEr) The Long-wing is adapted to swift fliglit in the open, being flat, long, narrow, rigid, and imbroken to the end, only the outer feather being notched, and that only for a short dis- tance. The Short-wing is adapted for precipitate flight in cover, being short, broad, deeply cupped, elastic, and with the "ailerons" deeply notched on at least five feathers. quarry, by circling or "ringing
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. Painting by Louis Agassiz Fuertes WING OF FALCON, OR LONG-WINGED HAWK (uPPFr), AND WING OF GOSHAWK, OR SHORT-WINGLD HAWK (lOWEr) The Long-wing is adapted to swift fliglit in the open, being flat, long, narrow, rigid, and imbroken to the end, only the outer feather being notched, and that only for a short dis- tance. The Short-wing is adapted for precipitate flight in cover, being short, broad, deeply cupped, elastic, and with the "ailerons" deeply notched on at least five feathers. quarry, by circling or "ringing," and, when sufficiently well placed, dashing down headlong, hitting their quarry a re- sounding blow that often can be heard a long distance, following it down and striking again if necessary, but never "binding" to it, and never striking quarry that is sitting or on the ground. Falcons proper are always hunted in open country, where the quarry is either located and flushed with dogs or beaters and the hawk flown from the falconer's wrist, or the birds are trained to "wait ; In the latter case, upon being un- hooded and flown, they ring up and up, attain their "pitch," wait for the game to be flushed, and when it is well under wax- make their terrific stoop. On large game, like heron, falcons are often flown in "casts," or pairs, and take. 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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