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III. The Peregrine— Passage Hawks— Advantages 



OF — How Caught— Mode of Training- 

 Heron Hawking — Rook Hawking — Gull 

 Hawking — Passage Hawks for Game— Lost 

 Hawks . . . 277 



IV. Gerfalcons— Kite Hawking— Hare Hawking 



—Merlins— How Managed— Lark Hawking 

 —The Hobby— The Sacre— The Lanner— 

 ShahIns- Sport in India — Other Varieties 

 OF Hawks used in Falconry . 310 



V. The Short-winged Hawks — Goshawks— How 

 Obtained — Training — Entering — Rabbit 

 Hawking — Various Flights — The Sparrow- 

 Hawk — Management — Blackbird Hawking . 328 



VI. Celebrated Falconers — Scotch, Dutch, and 

 English Clubs - The Falconers' Club — 

 Colonel Thornton — The Loo Club— The 

 Old Hawking Club— Amateur Falconers 

 — Famous Hawks— Records of Sport . 343 



VI I. General Management — Mews — Blocks — 

 Perches — Bow-perch — Bathing— Condition 

 — Feeding — Castings — Imping — Moulting 

 —Various Diseases— General Hints . . 367 



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Index 



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