Note 502 — Chapter XXXIV · EYESS SAKER AND GAZELLE[491]
D. C. (Douglas Craven) Phillott translation
The author means by open flight, for the hubara frequently escapes by doubling and hiding. It will squat on a perfectly open plain, the pursuing hawk alighting within five or six feet of it utterly puzzled as to what has become of its quarry. On the ground, an hubara does not at first seem afraid of a single saker or peregrine.