- Rare Books and Special Collections
- Casey Albert Wood Collection
- Artefacts
- Peregrine Falcon with hood, bell, [2] jesses and bird-band [on pedestal].
Peregrine Falcon with hood, bell, [2] jesses and bird-band [on pedestal].
file1920-1937MSG BW1203-6-3
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- Held by
- Rare Books and Special Collections via McGill University Archival Collections
- Dates
- 1920-1937 (indexed as 1920–1937)
- Level
- file
- Extent
- A taxidermy young peregrine falcon attached to a weathering block and other material.
- Scope & content
- This file contains a taxidermy young peregrine falcon in training leashed to a weathering block and wearing falconry equipment including a hood, a bell, 2 jesses, 1 swivel, a U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey identification band ,which shows legal acquirement. Items worn by the falcon were crafted by Otto Kals in Dusseldorf-Benrath and the bells crafted by Captain R. L. Meredith for Casey A. Wood as a gift for the Redpath Library at McGill University. This file was obtained in approximately 1937. The falcon's presentation has remained unchanged.
- Location
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- Language
- English
- Harvested
- 2026-10-15T08:04:28Z · source datestamp 2018-09-13T14:06:18Z · ead