l I
1 nests o f this Falcon, being too late to find any tei
ist; and from one o f them lie took an addled egg.
tn wool, much resembling that of a Raven, to whicl
it lay the remains o f many Whimbrels, Golden Plovtr
cliffs forming the boundaries o f freshwater lakes
n the beginning
i and roots» and
he expected to fin
the only one he foi
inaccessible wall o
already left it and s
I Sot
the 6th o f <
ung, but did not attacl
the’
I though the
2-13 inche
ie proper complement o f eg g s ; they are
¡k brown on a dull white ground, which
; are sometimes collected into blotches of
by from 1*01 to 1-72.”
Mr. Hoy, “ the Icelander was considered
sent a vessel annually to Iceland to bring
his falconers, and to be sent as presents
upwards o f £
XVI. o f Frar
dispositio
in their i
teemed. An old falconer, lately dead, assured me th
o f Europe. A falconer who was in the hawking establii
' L‘,ey “ a“ several casts or pairs sent annually from
»nly on account o f its superior powers o f flight, but its ;
reclaim and manage as the Ger Falcon; there is also a de
ring their p rey ; the Icelander, in the language o f falc
lofty stoops. The flight o f the hare with the female, the male 1
irds, was considered one o f the finest sights the sport could afford.
instantly catch
cvk, was used
led <
i tio n . The hare being started, the Falcon was immedi
p hare funning, as it would otherwise squat on beim?
: Falcon kii epeated blows
as they i
op, and
elf with cl
1
On comp
and crown t
head more
I with the coi
upper and i
ellow as in the Gyr Faleoi
of a striated form in the
m 14
JFALCO IS X A M K T S , J.F.Gmd/.
Iceland J.Welfd:ff.CBirJder. ä tlcb lidU Falcon, young.