146 BOOKS ON FALCONRY. 



the chase of different wild animals ; and the fourth relates to 

 birds in general, and falcons and hawks in particular. 



" Molti gli augelli son detti Falconi, 

 Ch' obediran del suo Signor la mano : 

 E come piaceralli alle stagioni 

 Ne geti ne capel torralli in vano" (p. i6i). 



Alluding to the Goshawk (Astore), used in Italy for flying 

 at partridges and pheasants, the author particularly notes its 

 splendid yellow eyes, and its finely curved beak and talons : — 



*' Gli occhi han di color d' oro e risplendenti 

 E con grandezza quei volgono attorno 

 II becco e 1' unghie havran curve e pungenti 

 E '1 dosso lor di terse penne adorno 

 Stanno del Falconier al grido attenti 

 E fan di lieve al suo pugno ritorno 

 Mentre con polio o starne quella alletta 

 E parlo obediente si diletta " (p. 162). 



In similar strain the poet sings the delights of heron-hawking 

 and of flying the Sparrow-hawk a minori uccelli (p. 163). 



According to Marco Lastri, the author's real name was Gan- 

 zarini. He says : — ** il vero cognome dell' autore e Ganzarini, 

 detto Scandianese dalla patria nello stato di Modena " {Bibl. 

 Georgica, p. 115). 



271. ANGELI (Pietro, da Barga ; detto comune- 

 mente " il Bargeo "). De Aucupio Liber Primus: 

 ad Franciscum Medicem Florentinorum Senensium 

 Principem. Florentise, apud luntas. 1566. 4to. 



According to I.astri {Bibl. Georgica), this poem was to have 

 been completed in four books, but the author did not print the 

 other three. The first has been happily rendered in Italian 

 verse and annotated by Prof. Gio. Pietro Bergantini, of the 

 Academy of Pisa, the translator of // Falconiere of Tuano 

 (No. 284), with which work it was printed "in Venezia, 1735, 

 presso Giambatista Albrizzi, in 4to, col titolo di Uccellatura a 

 Vischio." 



The art of taking all kinds of birds with bird-lime, including 

 hawks and falcons. 



