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Show ! Falconry, one of the oldest of the 'sff ThtetsMtTe a try-out as a military weapon of the lnedt COuld be used as doubt that peregrine falcons, fld l Tthe enemy. To handle ideal interceptors for earner P'J3 are being trained as these feathered draftees a number ' so ia were de falconers, under Lieut. Thos. MJfJ Zoo, New York. during a falconry demonstration at the Dro ii !-- m ' l h f- - : '--f ' Lieut. MacClure "gentles" (gets it accustomed to ng handled) "Thunderbolt," the first falcon to join the V. S. army signal corps. Falcons are found in big cities roosting on ledges. fl fl i -I ) i A keeper at the Bronx zoo is Each day the falconer must about to hood a golden eagle. The spend an hour or so with the leather hood is to keep it from hooded bird on his wrist. Stout seeing until the falconer wants leather thongs called "Jesses" are it to see. Then it is taken off. attached to the bird's legs. A bove : H ood removed, the zoo eagle is shown in flight here. The bird is returning re-turning to the keeper's wrist. The light rope attached to ;; the "Jesses" is to keep the bird from going after pi- : geons and sea gulls. Right: A closeup view of the hooded eagle. The plume in front is just an ornament. ftSBiiMllilMiiH 65! Above: Hood removed, f P'', "ji'.-.' ; the zoo eagle is shown in ' '' ' . i flight here. The bird is re- v 'JV : turning to the keeper's wrist. fj""i Vv , The light rope attached to "-! T 'S the "Jesses" is to keep the """V bird from going after pi- ' ! geons and sea gulls. Right: "- A closeup view of the hooded i eagle. The plume in front is ' J just an ornament. xfs- XVj tem. wtmm iiSMfc- kf, .limmmmm K'V - ' fe4 -. $vjfci!iy The eagle has made his verch anrl . . be difficult to train enough J trl nough |