I04 BOOKS ON FALCONRY. 



Florian Pharaon, avec une Introduction par M. le 

 Marquis G. de Cherville. Tire a 300 exemplaires 

 numerot^s. Paris. 1880. 8vo. 



A most interesting treatise, of which the Arabic as well as the 

 French text is given. A review of it will be found in Harting, 

 No. 79, pp. 362-370. It contains a description of the Syrian 

 method of taming and training hawks. The Saker is particularly 

 mentioned as a bird of double passage, and several varieties are 

 noticed. There is a chapter on the first man who ever tamed 

 the Saker, and another on the mode of taking the Ostrich with 

 Sakers. Other Eastern falcons are described, with remarks on 

 their qualifications and peculiarities. Some useful advice, 

 evidently derived from experience, is given in regard to the feed- 

 ing of Hawks, and the management of them on a journey. 



213. PICARD (Etienne). La Venerie et la 



Fauconnerie des Dues de Bourgogne, d'apres des 



documents inedits. Par Etienne Picard, Sous-In- 



specteur des Forets. Paris. 1881. roy. 8vo. 



An admirably printed memoir of 128 pp. with title in red and 

 black, of which only 100 separate copies were issued. It was 

 originally published in the " Memoires de la Societe Eduenne " 

 (n.s. torn, ix.), and conveys a good idea of the vast territorial 

 possessions of the former Dukes of Burgundy, and of the splen- 

 dour of the hunting and hawking establishments maintained in 

 France during the 14th and 15th centuries. A folding map 

 shows the forests of this ducal domain, and indicates, in addition, 

 the keepers' lodges and the " meets." 



214. HOLLAND (Eugene). Faune Populaire de 



LA France. Tome vl Les Oiseaux domestiques, et 



la Fauconnerie. Noms vulgaires, Dictons, Proverbes, 



Legendes, Contes et Superstitions. Paris, Maison- 



neuve. 1883. 8vo. 



The pages relating to Falconry (pp. 195-224) include expla- 

 nations of the technical terms relating to the art, synonyms in 



