166 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (April, 1908.] 
Figure 3 fits a Shahin-Tiercel well; but for a Peregrine- 
Tiercel cut outside the line abcde/, and inside ghkm., 
In Plate XH, Figure 1 is a very good pattern. Cut along the 
eurve de. Cut 
cut well inside from 6 to c, and just inside from a to b, Figure 2 
is also a good pattern. If the falcon has a large beak, cut along 
the inside of the curve cd; if she has a smal] head cut well inside 
the line from a to 
Plate XIII , Figure 1,shows a pattern used in the Persian Gulf, 
that is, in Bushire, Bahrayn Island, and about Basrah and Baghdad. 
Slits are made along the edge from a to b and again from e to d, 
points bd and ae are oe and the edges cd and cb are 
together; likewise fa and fe. Along ab, the back . the hood, 
the strap is double and acts exactly like the braces in a Dutch 
hood ; that the back can be drawn tight and made to pucker up 
like the top of an ordinary Speman ee and pulled out straight 
again. A small ornamental button is woven into the slits atg. 
he hood is, in fact, nothing more than a soft leather bag. The 
stitching makes that portion that covers the eyes, stand out a little ; 
and perhaps at these spots the leather is we ened. 
Sirens to say, this hood does not make a hawk hood-shy. 
The Hyderabad hood, Plate XIV, is made ont of dry stiff 
goatskin, barely thicker than paper. After the pattern is cut 
out the dotted line is cut through, e writer has merely seen 
these hoods in use ; he has never made them. 
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