t78 BOOKS OlSf PALCONRY. 



A Latin poem on Hawking (pp. 1-54) in two Books. Not in 

 the Britisli Museum, and probably of some rarity. The above 

 title was transcribed from a copy in the library of M. Pierre A. 

 Pichot, of Paris. 



323. KREYSIG (G. C.) Bibliotheca Scriptorum 



Venaticorum continens Auctores qui de Venatione, 



Sylvis, Aucupio, Piscatura et aliis eo spectantibus com- 



mentati sunt. Congessit George Cristoph Kreysig. 



Altenburgi, apud Paulum Emanuelum Richterum. 



1750. sm. 8vo. 



The earliest printed bibliography of works relating to the 

 Chase and Falconry, but, even for the date at which it was 

 published, very incomplete and inaccurate. The absence of 

 notes, moreover, renders it of little value, save as a guide to 

 authors' names, the complete titles of whose works must be 

 sought for elsewhere. 



324. BRUNNICH (M. Th.). Ornithologia Bore- 

 ALis : sistens Collectionem Avium ex omnibus imperio 

 Danico subjectis provincils insulisque borealibus 

 Hafniae factam : cum descriptionibus novarum, nomi- 

 nibus incolarum, locis natalium et icone. Imprimatur, 

 J. C. Kail. Hafniae. 1764. 8vo. 



Referring to the value formerly set upon Iceland falcons and 

 the prices paid for them, this author remarks (p. 2) : — " Utrum 

 falco islandicus speciei sit singularis, vel ad alias notas re- 

 ferendus nondum constat. Varietates sunt sine dubio 7-9 

 [these numbers refer to his descriptions] quas soli Dani^ Regi 

 vendere tenentur Islandi. Pretium quoque triplex pro triplici 

 hsec varietate Islandis solvendum a rege est constitutum ; nempe 

 pretium Falc. 7 (albus) in Islandia est 17 impp, dan. Falc, 8 

 (albus) 10 impp. Falc. 9 (fuscus) 7 impp." 



On being brought from Iceland to Copenhagen these hawks 

 were at least partially trained by the royal falconers before being 

 forwarded as presents to the Courts of Europe. 



