FALCONRY BASICS: A HANDBOOK FOR BEGINNERS: REVISED EDITION. By Tony Hall. Revised and updated by C. Stephen Heying.

# (2003) 2017 revised edition. 4to (198 x 255mm). Pp271. B/w illustrations, photographs, bibliography, dark blue end-papers. Pictorial laminated boards, issued with matching dust-wrapper.

# This is a new, revised edition of this well thought of book. One of the best introductory guides, covering all aspects of acquiring, training, handling and hunting diurnal birds of prey. Detailed information on the current state of the law concerning field sports, birds wild and captive, CITES, and much else besides. Contents of this edition include: Getting started - before you start, falconry and the law, hawks and falconry, first birds, broadwings, kestrels; Nuts and bolts - hawk quarters, housing equipment, hawk furniture, training equipment, personal gear, handling hawks, weight and condition, hawk food, buying a hawk, vital homework; Training and flying - introduction, first steps, up to free flight, flying free, car travel, entering and basic hunting, missing hawks, hunting aids - dogs, hunting aids - ferrets, notes on quarry; Maintenance - maintaining fitness, illness and injury, maintaining beaks and talons, repairing feathers; Supplementary information - notes on anatomy - external, notes on anatomy - internal, falconry terminology, checklist of equipment, helpful literature, references, useful addresses.