136 BOOKS ON FALCONRY, 



portugueee. 



262. FERNANDEZ FERREIRA (Diego). Arte 

 DA CA9A DA ALTANERiA composta por Dicgo Fernandez 

 Ferreira, moco da Camara del Rey, & do seu service. 

 Dirigida a Dom Francisco de Mello, Marquez de 

 Ferreyra, Conde de Tentugal, etc. Repartida em seis 

 partes. Na primeira trata da cria9ao dos Gaviaes & 

 sua caga. Na segunda dos Assores & sua caca. Na 

 terceira dos Falcoes & sua ca^a. Na quarta de suas 

 doengas & mezinhas. Na quinta das Armadilhas. 

 Na sexta da passagem & peregrinacao das Aves. Com 

 licen9a da S. Inquisi9ao, Ordinario & Pago. Em 

 Lisboa, na officina de lorge Rodriguez. Anno de 

 16 16. sm. 4to. 



The only Portuguese work on the subject which has come to 

 light after long search, and inquiries made through friends 

 resident in Portugal. It is mentioned by Hammer Purgstall 

 (No. 112), and, on his authority, by Schlegel (No. 194), but 

 these authors merely give the first five words of the title, with- 

 out any indication of the contents, as above. It contains 

 5 preliminary leaves, 118 leaves, and contents 5 pp. 



A Spanish translation of this, made by Juan Batista de Morales 

 in 1625, with the title "Arte de Cazar de Diego Fernandez 

 Herrera," is preserved in the National Library at Madrid. 



Existing MSS. prove that treatises on Falconry were com- 

 posed in Portugal as in Spain, but they were much fewer in 

 number, or have been less carefully preserved. Argote de 

 Molina, in his '■'■ Nobleza del Andaluzia^'' mentions a Portuguese 

 MS. on Falconry of the fifteenth century, in the Biblioteca de 

 Palaccio, Madrid, by Pero Menino, " que fue Halconero mayor 

 del Rey D. Fernando de Portugal." But it does not appear 

 that this was ever printed. 



