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reward which will be accepted by the Hawk, and the Partridge 

 secretly taken away, and the Hawk taken up and rewarded " — 

 an important hint to prevent a Hawk from carrying ; yet 

 Sebright has not printed it. 



(8). "When the Hawk," says Sebright (p. 37, MS. p. 31), 

 " has learnt to come well to the lure, a live Pigeon is to be given 

 him from the hand ; one is then to be thrown up to him in a 

 creance, and, if he behaves well in these trials, he may be trusted 

 at large to fly a Pigeon whose flight has been shortened." 

 Downes adds, with a view to Heron -hawking, " after Pigeon 

 give trains of a hen, then of a cock — a light colour is preferred 

 — then of a Heron." Sebright, however, does not suggest these 

 stages in the training. 



(9). Snaring Herons on the nest (p. 38), Downes wrote: — 

 " This is done at sundown ; the string is led down wind of the 

 tree ; they soon return to the nest at this time, and are not so 

 curious in observing anything that is done in it (MS. p. 32) as 

 they would in the open day." 



(10). Under the head of Icelander (MS. p. 38), Downes wrote : 

 — " The Icelander and the Gyrfalcon are not varieties of the 

 same species. The Icelander exceeds the Gyrfalcon considerably 

 in size and in length of wing. The Gyrfalcon has the longest 

 train and the shortest wings of all the Hawks called long- 

 winged — the wings are considerably shorter than the train — and 

 is about as much smaller than the Icelander as the slight Falcon 

 [Peregrine] is smaller than the Gyrfalcon." 



(11). Keferring to the use of the Eagle Owl for attracting 

 the Kite, Downes wrote (MS. p. 39), " This is sometimes done 

 for Eooks for slight Falcons." 



(12). Commenting upon Sebright's remark that "the Ice- 

 lander and the Gyrfalcon are managed very much in the same 

 way as the slight Falcon," Downes adds (p. 39, MS.) ; " but the 

 Gyrfalcon is a much harder bird to manage than the Icelander." 



(13). Opposite the paragraph in which the mode of taking 

 Goshawks is described (MS. p. 41), Downes has written :— 

 " Goshawks are never flown at Heck when taken [from] the 

 nest; they are allowed to fly like slight Falcons [until] they 

 begin to prey for themselves; they are then taken up: this is 

 not called flying at Heck. The Goshawks brought here are all 

 taken after [they] have begun to prey for themselves by a 

 Hoop-net. They are rarely taken out of the nest." 



