Guide to Hawking and Raising Falcons - With Chapters on the Language of Hawking, Short Winged Hawks and Hunting with the Gyrfalcon

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to falconry, with information on breeding, selection, training, general care and management, and much more. Containing a wealth of invaluable information and useful tips, this volume will be of utility to modern enthusiasts, and would make for a worthy addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: "e;Hawking as Taught by the Book of St. Albans"e;, "e;Taking Passage Hawks in Holland"e;, "e;How to Train a Passage Hawk"e;, "e;Training the Eyass - Game Hawking and Room Falconry"e;, "e;Language of Hawking"e;, "e;The Short Winged Hawks"e;, "e;Hunting the Gyr in Lapland"e;, et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on pigeons.