Note 292 — Chapter XXV · THE KESTRIL[283]
D. C. (Douglas Craven) Phillott translation
Presumably the birds would “crab,” and the eyess being tame would not let go on the approach of the falconer. More than once, had I had a butterfly net, I could have placed it over a wild peregrine that was engrossed in a fight on the ground with a trained hawk.