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kites and eagles have been used in falconry tor centuries. Golden 

 eagles are used to hunt foxes for their pelts. 



Fig. 192. Young Cooper's hawk. (Courtesy of W. E. Rumsey and A. J. Dadisman.) 



References on Falconry 



Blanc, M. E. 1895. Hunting with birds of prey. Pop. So. Men., vol. 



47, no. 6, pp. 818-823, Oct. 

 FuERTES, L. A. 1920. Falconry, the sport of kings. Nat. Geog., Dec. 

 Goodman, G. G. 1929. Falconing. Nat. Hist., July-Aug. 

 Lattimore, O. 1929. The desert road to Turkestan. Nat. Geog., 



June. 



The Turkey buzzard (see Figure 193 C), seen in most of the 

 Southern States, is valued by man on account of its importance as a 

 scavenger. Laws once existed in some Southern States protecting 

 the buzzard. It is suspected of carrying the germs of hog cholera. 



The Andean condor^ the Caltforntan condor and the king vulture^ 

 all members of the group Falconiformes, are notable in their ability 



