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And now to return to my hawks, from whom I have 

 made too long a digression ; you are to note, that they 

 are usually distinguished into two kinds ; namely, the 

 long-winged and the short-winged hawk : of the first 

 kind, there be chiefly in use amongst us in this nation, 



The Gerfalcon and Jerkin, 



The Falcon and Tassel-gentel, 



The Laner and Lanaret, 



The Bockerel and Bockeret, 



The Saker and Sacaret, 



The Merlin and Jack Merlin, 



The Hobby and Jack : 

 There is the Stelletto of Spain, 



The Blood-red Rook from Turkey, 



The Waskite from Virginia : 

 And there is of short-winged hawks, 



The Eagle and Iron, 



The Goshawk and Tarcel, 



The Sparhawk and Musket, 



The French Pye, of two sorts. 



These are reckoned hawks of note and worth ; but we 

 have also hawks of an inferior rank, 



The Stanyel, the Ringtail, 



The Raven, the Buzzard, 



The Forked Kite, the Bald Buzzard, 



The Hen-driver, and others that I forbear to name.* 



* It is evident, from this list of so-called falcons, that Walton's 

 " Auceps " was not an adept in the art of hawking. The blood-red 

 rook, the French pye, and the raven are not falcons at all, and were 

 never trained to fly at winged game. Of the other birds named in 

 the list, only three are used in hawking, viz., the gerfalcon, the 

 goshawk, and the falcon and tassel-gentel. It may be necessary 

 to explain the last two names. By " falcon " is meant the peregrine 

 falcon, the best of all the tribe ; and " tassel-gentel " is merely the 

 peregrine in its second or third year. The merlin and hobby are 

 very small hawks, and will catch quails, larks, and sometimes 

 partridges. The same may be said of the sparrow-hawk. The 

 eagle, buzzard, hen-driver (now called hen-harrier), and kite, were 

 never valued in hawking. In fact, these latter birds do not pursue 

 their quarry, but pounce upon it. E. 



