[41.] “Tour in Sutherland,” vol. i. p. 121.
[42.] The name, no doubt, of a favourite falcon.
[43.] Tardif, “Treatise on Falconry.”
[44.] No doubt a corruption of “erne,” a name which is still given to the sea eagle (Aquila albicilla).
[45.] See his “Faerie Queene,” Book III. Canto 4.
[46.] This scarce volume, of which we are fortunate enough to possess a copy, contains the work of the Emperor Frederic II., “De arte venandi cum avibus;” Albertus Magnus, “De Falconibus;” as also a digest of Hubner’s work. “Sur le vol des oiseaux de proie,” and other ancient and rare works on Falconry.
[47.] Salvin and Brodrick, “Falconry in the British Islands,” pp. 38, 39.
[48.] To “cry on” anything was a familiar expression formerly. In Othello (Act v. Sc. 1), we read—
“Whose noise is this that ‘cries on’ murder?”
And in Richard III. (Act v. Sc. 3), Richmond says:—