128 BOOKS ON FALCONRY. 



These extracts will serve to show the hawks known to falconers 

 in Spain, and the Spanish names for them. Many of these 

 names introduced by the Moors into Spain, and thence carried 

 into France, are derived from the Arabic. See Dozy and 

 Engelmann, ** Glossaire des Mots Espagnols et Portugais d^riv^s 

 de I'Arabe," seconde Edition, 8vo, Leyde, E. J. Brill, 1869. 



At p. 341 Martinez mentions some of the works on Falconry 

 known to him. He says : — " el que quisiere saber el modo de 

 criarlos, y ensenarlos para la caza, y el regalo con que se han de 

 tratar, y la curacion de sus enfermedades lea \ Belisario, Alberto, 

 h. Pedro Crescientense, y k Demetrio; y en lengua Francesa 

 k Guillermo Tardebo ; y en Aleman \ Everardo Tappio que 

 todos escriben largamente de los Alcones, y algunos otros 

 cuyas obras son mas comunes." The work of Demetrius of 

 Constantinople is very rarely quoted, and that of Eberhard 

 Tapp I have not found mentioned by any other writer on 

 Falconry, except Schlegel, who gives the title only. 



246. TAMARIZ DE LA ESCALERA (Fernando). 



Tratado de la Caza del Buelo. En Madrid, por 

 Diego Diaz. 1654. i2mo. 



A rare tract of 5 preliminary leaves and 3 1 pages. Although it 

 is cited by Hammer Purgstall (No. 112) and Schlegel (No. 194) 

 amongst books relating to Falconry, it appears to be a treatise 

 on the art of shooting flying, if for buelo we may read vuelo, 

 and is only mentioned here for the purpose of removing 

 misapprehension concerning it. The first chapter treats ** De 

 las Reglas que debe observar el perfecto tirador de buelo," and 

 the author observes : " El perfecto tirador de buelo se ha de 

 fundar en tres importantissimas reglas, como son Conocimiento, 

 Reportacion, y Prontitud." In the eighth chapter, " De los 

 ocho buelos de la Perdiz," we learn " que las Perdices buelan 

 de una de ocho maneras." 



D. Gutierrez de la Vega cites a MS. which seems to be a 

 transcript of a second edition, since it ends : " En Madrid por 

 Francisco Sanz, impresor del Reyno, ano de 1681," Another, 

 "en Roma, por Pablo Antonio Vasquez, ano de 17003" and 

 Leguina mentions a reprint of the first edition "por Antonio de 

 Santa Maria ano de 1798," 8vo (3 prelim, leaves and 45 pp.). 



