Note 173 — Chapter XVI · THE SHUNQĀR OR JERFALCON
D. C. (Douglas Craven) Phillott translation
Under “the compaynys of beeftys and Fowlys” in the Boke of St. Albans we learn that it is correct to speak of “an Herde of Cranys” or of “swannys” but a “Gagle of Gees” or of “women.”