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Title: A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life
Year: 1731 (1730s)
Authors: Albin, Eleazar, fl. 1713-1759 Derham, W. (William), 1657-1735 Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929, former owner. DSI Tucker, Marcia Brady, former owner. DSI
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: London : Printed for the author and sold by William Innys in St. Paul's Church yard, John Clarke under the Royal-Exchange, Cornhill, and John Brindley at the King's Arms in New Bond-Street
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two Feet lacking an Inch ; the Appen-dices or blind Guts ftiort; befides which it had another fingle Appendix or Procefs whichfeemed to be the Remainder of the DuSlus Intejimalis fhrunk up. The Hobby is a Bird of Paflage, yet breeds with us in E?tgland; its Game is chieflyLarks, for the catching of which Birds our Fowlers make ufe of it th,us; the Spanielsrange the Field to find the Birds; the Hobby they let off, who is accuftomcd to foaraloft in the Air over them : The Larks efpying their capital Enemy over them dare notmake ufe of their Wings but lie as clofe and flat upon the Ground as they can ; and arecafily taken with the drawing Net which is made on Purpofe for that Sport; this is calledDaring of Larks. The Fowlers to catch thefe Hawks take a Lark, and having blinded her, and faftnedLime-twigs to her Legs, let her fly where they fee the Hobby i?, which ftriking at theLark is entangled with the Lime-twigs j it is called in Englijh the Hsbl))\ after the FrenchName Hobreau, 4 ^^^
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