OP BIROS. 
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MOUNTAIN FALCON. 
In ancient times, the sport of Falconry 
''.as the principal amusement amongst th'e 
2* , class . cs - . A person of rank seldom 
vent abroad without n hawk on his hand- 
Lkii 1 , 1,1 Si? P a !" tin S s is the criterion of 
nobility. The kind of Falcons, or hawks, 
in w ?‘" e usct ! tllcse s P orts > are s(il1 found 
Wales, and m the mountainous parts of 
and t r d M° f thCSe g® r -f«l«0'h the gentil, 
r lhe Mountain Falcon, were considered 
^Valuable, as being noble, bold, and 
spnited birds. It is stated that they will 
Q ck, with dauntless courasre, even the 
Ingest of the feathered race” The stork! 
E*™! and ,he crane, are easy victims, 
the li f C Sp f c,< ' 3 builds i,a nost upon 
me iedg r 0 f „ roc j. 1 
