A Hawk for the Bush
Subtitle: A Treatise on the Training of the Sparrow-hawk and other short-winged hawks.
By: With illus. by G. E. Lodge.
Publisher: H. F. & G. Witherby
Published: 1960
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Falconry.; Hawks.
Description: Hardcover, dust jacket, 8 color/black-and-white plates plus several additional illustrations.
Notes: Includes bibliography.
Table of contents: label: Forward
pagenum: vii
title: by Colonel Meinertzhagen; label: Preface
pagenum: xiii; label: I.
pagenum: 1
title: The Wild Hawk; label: II.
pagenum: 10
title: On the Choice of a Hawk; label: III.
pagenum: 18
title: On the Taking, Rearing, and Hacking of Eyasses; label: IV.
pagenum: 30
title: Equipment; label: V.
pagenum: 44
title: Diet; label: VI.
pagenum: 52
title: Carriage; label: VII.
pagenum: 63
title: Calling-Off; label: VIII.
pagenum: 71
title: The Quarry, Entering, and Slipping; label: IX
pagenum: 81
title: Traps and Snares; label: X.
pagenum: 88
title: The Haggard; label: XI.
pagenum: 96
title: "We'll A-Birding Together"; label: XII.
pagenum: 104
title: Mishaps; label: XIII.
pagenum: 110
title: Health and Disease; label: XIV.
pagenum: 125
title: The Short-Winged Hawks; label: Appendix
pagenum: 133
title: Extracts from diaries illustrating the early training of the unhacked, half-hacked, and fully-hacked eyass, the haggard, and the intermewed hawk; label: Glossary
pagenum: 136; label: Bibliography
pagenum: 140; label: Index
pagenum: 142