Leash.—A strong leathern thong, some 2½ or 3 ft. long, with a knot or button at one end, used to secure a hawk. (See fig.)
Lure.—The instrument used for calling long-winged hawks—a dead pigeon, or an artificial lure made of leather and feathers or wings of birds, tied to a string, with meat attached to it.
Mail.—The breast feathers.
Make hawk.—A hawk is called a “make hawk” when, as a thoroughly trained and steady hawk, she is flown with young ones to teach them their work.
Man a hawk.—To tame a hawk and accustom her to strangers.
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| Implements used in Falconry. | |
1. Hood. 2. Back view of hood, showingbraces a, a, b, b; by drawingthe braces b, b, the hood,now open, is closed. 3. Rufter hood. 4. Imping-needle. 5. Jess; d is the space for thehawk’s leg; the point andslit a, a are brought roundthe leg, and passed throughslit b, after which the pointc and slit c, and also thewhole remaining length ofjess, are pulled through slitsa and b; c is the slit to whichthe upper ring of swivel isattached. | 6. Hawk’s leg with bell a, bewitb, jess c. 7. Jesses, swivel and leash. 8. Portion of first wing-featherof male peregrine falcon,“tiercel,” half natural size,in process of imping; a,the living hawk’s feather;b, piece supplied from anothertiercel, with the impingneedle c pushed half itslength into it and ready tobe pushed home into theliving bird’s feather. |
Mantle.—A hawk is said to “mantle” when she stretches out a leg and a wing simultaneously, a common action of hawks when at ease; also when she spreads out her wings and feathers to hide any quarry or food she may have seized from another hawk, or from man. In the last case it is a fault.
Mew.—A hawk is said to “mew” when she moults. The place where a hawk was kept to moult was in olden times called her “mew.” Buildings where establishments of hawks were kept were called “mews.”
Musket.—Male of the sparrow-hawk.
Mutes (mutings).—Excrement of hawk.