584 Om SOME SPECIES OF TffE 



niean§ of a lure, in contradistinction to those that 

 are reared from the eyrie. In old books on the 

 subject, there are chapters with such titles as 

 these : " Of the Haggard Falcon Of the Su- 

 periority of the Falcon from the Eyrie over the 

 Haggard Falcon :" " Of reclaiming the Haggard 

 Falcon," &c. ; and there is likewise frequent 

 mention made of the Haggard Gyr-Falcon, and 

 the Haggard Goshawk, the latter of which is said 

 to be of all others the wildest, and consequently 

 most difficult to be reclaimed. In a work en- 

 titled the Gentleman! 8 Recreation^ published in 

 1674, there is a chapter allotted to the Sparrow 

 Hawk, in which the different varieties of that 

 species are described. The enumeration con- 

 cludes thus : " Lastly, Haggards are they which 

 prey for themselves, and do also mew in the woods 

 or at large. This division of kinds is not pecu- 

 liar to the Sparrow Hawk, but common to all," 

 &c. 



Haggard Falcons were much esteemed by some 

 falconers on account of their superior strength 

 and velocity ; but two objections have been brought 

 against them. They are naturally given to check, 

 that is, to fly away from game after rooks and 

 pigeons, for when they drive the game into cover, 

 unless the falconer be active in serving them, and 

 careful to keep them low and nigh himself, they 

 rake off or fly from the game with the first birds 

 that spring. The second objection arises from 



