SPANISH. 121 



It is dedicated to Prince Carlos, son of Philip II., at that time 

 only eleven years of age, whose sudden mysterious death caused 

 so much consternation and comment. 



237. CARLOS I. Las Pregmaticas y capitulos 



que su Magestad del Emperador y Rey hizo en las 



Cortes que se tuuieron con el serenisimo Principe 



D. Philipe en nuestro nombre. Afio de mil y quinientos 



quarenta y ocho en Salamanca, en casa de Juan de 



Canova. 1564. folio. 



" Contiene una peticion sobre les gallinas que han de tomar 

 los cazadores para las aves de caza." — Uhagon y Leguina, 

 op. cit. p. 12. 



238. ZTJNIGAySOTOMAYOR (Fadrique). Libro 



DE Cetreria de Caca de A90R . . . . y arte que se 



ha de tener en el conoscimiento y caca destas Aves y 



sus curas y remedios, en el qual assi mesmo habla 



algunas cosas de Halcones y de todas Aves de rapifia, 



etc. En Salamanca, en casa de Juan de Canova. 



1565. 4to. 



This treatise of Zuniga (or ^uniga) 6 prelim, leaves and 126 

 pp. is perhaps the rarest of all Spanish books which relate exclu- 

 sively to Falconry, although in regard to date of composition, 

 as above shown, it is not the oldest. The MS. is preserved 

 in the Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid. It is referred to by 

 Schneider, in his edition of the work of the Emperor Frederick II., 

 De arte venandi cum avibus (vol. ii. p. 107), as being quoted in 

 the Introduction to the Orydographia et Zoologia Aragonice^ 

 1784, p. 70, and is of interest as giving the Spanish names 

 derived from the Arabs for different kinds of hawks — e.g.., 

 Aifaneque, Bomi, Bahari, Sucre, Azor (Latin Astur, the Gos- 

 hawk), etc. The Kestrel he calls Cernicalo ; the Sparrow-hawk, 

 Esparvel, the ordinary name for any kind of hawk being Gavilan, 

 or Alcon. On this subject some useful and interesting infor- 

 mation will be found in the work of MM. Dozy & Engelmann, 



