The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 9. köideHenry G. Allen Company, 1890 |
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... Bird - of - Prey for its bulk that flies , and its courage is not less than its power . It is the species , in ... bird which , if his diagnosis be correct , could not have been a true Falcon at all , since it had yellow irides - a ...
... Bird - of - Prey for its bulk that flies , and its courage is not less than its power . It is the species , in ... bird which , if his diagnosis be correct , could not have been a true Falcon at all , since it had yellow irides - a ...
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... bird . The next group is that of the so - called " Desert - Falcons " ( Gennæu ) , wherein the difference just indicated does not obtain , for long as the bird may live and often as it may moult , the original style of markings never ...
... bird . The next group is that of the so - called " Desert - Falcons " ( Gennæu ) , wherein the difference just indicated does not obtain , for long as the bird may live and often as it may moult , the original style of markings never ...
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... bird . The tions , not only of the productions of the country round largest species of this section seems to be the Neotropical F. Saharunpoor , but also of the valley of Kashmir and the femoralis , for F. diroleucus though often ranked ...
... bird . The tions , not only of the productions of the country round largest species of this section seems to be the Neotropical F. Saharunpoor , but also of the valley of Kashmir and the femoralis , for F. diroleucus though often ranked ...
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... sport as it is at the present day ; for even in the rudest times man must have been possessed of means and appli ances for the capture of wild birds and beasts more effectual than the agency of hawks , notwithstanding the high FAL - FAL 5.
... sport as it is at the present day ; for even in the rudest times man must have been possessed of means and appli ances for the capture of wild birds and beasts more effectual than the agency of hawks , notwithstanding the high FAL - FAL 5.
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... bird here spoken of is the golden eagle . In Africa gazelles are taken , and also partridges and wildfowl . The hawks used in England at the present time are the three great northern falcons , viz . , the Greenland , Iceland , and ...
... bird here spoken of is the golden eagle . In Africa gazelles are taken , and also partridges and wildfowl . The hawks used in England at the present time are the three great northern falcons , viz . , the Greenland , Iceland , and ...
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