. Coursing and falconry. Coursing; Falconry. SPARROW-HA WKS 341 when^he 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 ,C«ii) - » ' » ' ' ' â ' " SparBOWrhawfc on- bodv-perch - ⢠.â , -â t ' tire occasionally to call thefi' hawk out bf trees|;' put Mr. BowfeV's awks WQuld nearly always (iinleSs half-fed).c'oiTi'e ta his harfd with
. Coursing and falconry. Coursing; Falconry. SPARROW-HA WKS 341 when^he 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 ,C«ii) - » ' » ' ' ' â ' " SparBOWrhawfc on- bodv-perch - ⢠.â , -â t ' tire occasionally to call thefi' hawk out bf trees|;' put Mr. BowfeV's awks WQuld nearly always (iinleSs half-fed).c'oiTi'e ta his harfd with or without food, and this is' the proper way to matiage 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 Edward de Fonblanque, 1854-; Lascelles, Gerald William. Falconry; Richardson, Charles, ed. London and Bombay, Longmans, Green, and Co.
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