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their way to and from the heronry when procuring food in the 

 breeding. season Is called a '"passage", ~^e, ^^^^'j^;'^'^ sovAVuia.va 



Passage hawks — are hawks captured when on their passage, or 

 migration. This "passage" takes place twice a year. In the 

 summer and In the fall. 



Pelt — The dead body of any quarry the hawk has killed. 



Pitch — The height to which a hawk, when waiting for game to 

 be flushed, rises In the air is called her "pitch". 



Plxmie — A hawk Is said to "plume" a bird when she pulls off 

 the feathers. 



Point — A hawk "makes her point" when she rises In a peculiar 

 manner over the spot in whibh the quarry has saved itself 

 from capture by dashing into a hedge, or has otherwise 

 secreted Itself. 



Pull through the hood — A hawk is said to "pull through the 

 hood" when she eats with it on. 



Put An — A bird is said to "put in" when it saves Itself 

 from the hawk by dashing into a covert or other place of 

 security. 



Quarry — Any bird 6r beast flown at. ^ , wvvyso VoVaV^«^' aV^^ 



^fce 01^* ^ "A bird is said to "rake out" while "waiting on" 

 (see wait on) too far and wide from her master. 



Red hawk — Hawks of the first year, in the young pipage 



lied "red hawka"^* Vt=^w^? i-?^ ^I'^'^ Vp^row*^ " cdoir (^^v>i1a-^^t^s5a^ers^ 



are ca 



Ringing — A bird is said to "ring" when it rises spirally in 

 the air . 



Rufter hood — An easy fitting hood, not, however, convenient 



for hoodj 



captured, 



for hooding and unhoodingj,— used only for .hawks when .first 



Seeling- -Closing the eyes by a fine thread drawn through the 



lid of each eye, the threads being twisted together above 



the head,— a practice long disused in England. Us^A q^c<^s\c^^\\^ >n 0.^ 



Serving a hawk — Driving out quarry which has taken refuge, 

 or has "put in". 



Take the air — A bird is said to "take the air" when it seems 

 to escape by trying to rise higher than the falcon. 



Tiercel — The male of various falcons, particularly of the I 

 peregrine, is called a "tiercel"; the term is also applied 

 to the male of the goshawk. 



