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Quastare, is to let looae for flight one or more pigeons for the first 

 time. 



Sparare, ia to let loose for flight, and to send round in circles, the 

 pigeons already trained. 



Misclviare, is to join together and confuse in one single band the 

 ■yarions flying bands which belong to several Triganieri, taught to do this 

 by a signal given them by their respective masters, 



Strappare, is the sudden division and separation of the united bands, 

 at the whistle of any Triganiere, who thus calls back his band to his 

 own roof, when they are all united together. 



Scavezzare, is the signal which the Triganiere makes with hie flag to 

 his band, when he observes, mingled with his own birds, one or more 

 strange pigeons, which they can more easily surround and bring to his 

 dovecote. 



Avvujare, is to induce a band, into which some strange pigeons have 

 been brought, to fly backwards and forwards in long-continued flights 

 around the dovecote, in order to seize a favourable opportunity of 

 making them all descend together. 



Tmttare, or Giistare, is the giving of grain to the pigeons when they 

 have descended, as a reward for having been obedient in their flight 

 to the signals of the Triganiere. 



Tirar giu niente, is the reoalling of the flock of pigeons by their master 

 when they do not obey his signals, without giving them food, the better 

 to incite them to obedience. 



Andare indietro spalla, is to feign to send the pigeons to mingle with 

 others, and when they have almost mingled, to call them back suddenly, 

 with the probability of some of the pigeons of the other bands returning 

 with them. 



Dare la mano, is the act of taking up the strange pigeons which 

 have perched on the platform with the pigeons of the Triganiere. 



When VandeUi wrote, the sport was carried on in four ways. First, on 

 the terms of good friendship, in which a reciprocal restitution of captives 

 was made without compensation. Second, on the terms of fair battle, 

 by the redemption of the captives at a price agreed upon by the com- 

 batants. Third, on declared war, when the pigeons were taken with im- 

 punity, and with no obligation on the part of the captor to restore them. 

 And fourth, on war to the last drop of blood, when the captive was 



