The booke of falconrie or havvking for the onely delight and pleasure of all noblemen and gentlemen : collected out of the best authors, aswell Italians as Frenchmen, and some English practises withall concerning falconrie / heretofore published by George Turbervile, Gentleman.

How to know a Haggart by her fleeing.

A Good skilfull Falconer, will quickly discern a good Hag∣gart Falcon, from a sleight Falcon, though he be far off, by the stirring of her wings. For that a Haggart Falcon vseth not a thick stroke, but stirreth her wing by leasure and seldom, & getteth vp to her mountée, without any great making out. And although perhaps she be not so large as the fleight or soare Falcon, yet to séeming and shew, she is more large, which hap∣peneth by meane of her sayles, which in very déed are of grea∣ter scope and compasse than the fleight Falcons are. Contrari∣wise the fleight Falcon shee vseth a more short and quicker stroke with her wing then the Haggart doth, & doth not deale so leasurely. There are besids this one difference, sondry other betwixt these two kinds of Falcons, which in this place I will deliuer you, for that you shall the better iudge the ods betwixt them, béeing both very good Falcons, and the best of all other, both for field, and riuer.