The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... bird which , if his diagnosis be correct , could not have been a true Falcon at all , since it had yellow irides - a colour never met with in the eyes of any bird now called by naturalists a " Falcon . " This species inhabits suitable ...
... bird which , if his diagnosis be correct , could not have been a true Falcon at all , since it had yellow irides - a colour never met with in the eyes of any bird now called by naturalists a " Falcon . " This species inhabits suitable ...
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... bird . The next group is that of the so - called " Desert - Falcons " ( Gennæa ) , where the difference just indicated does not obtain , for ug as the bird may live and often as it may moult , the original style of markings never gives ...
... bird . The next group is that of the so - called " Desert - Falcons " ( Gennæa ) , where the difference just indicated does not obtain , for ug as the bird may live and often as it may moult , the original style of markings never gives ...
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... bird . The largest species of this section seems to be the Neotropical F. femoralis , for F. diroleucus though often ranked here is now supposed to belong to the group of typical Falcons . ( A. N. ) FALCONE , ANIELLO ( 1600-1665 ) , a ...
... bird . The largest species of this section seems to be the Neotropical F. femoralis , for F. diroleucus though often ranked here is now supposed to belong to the group of typical Falcons . ( A. N. ) FALCONE , ANIELLO ( 1600-1665 ) , a ...
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... birds ) throw up fear the nutritious part of their food has been digested . Cere , The asked wax - like skin above the beak . Chuck - A hawk is said to fly at " check " when she flies at a bird than the intended object of pursuit , -for ...
... birds ) throw up fear the nutritious part of their food has been digested . Cere , The asked wax - like skin above the beak . Chuck - A hawk is said to fly at " check " when she flies at a bird than the intended object of pursuit , -for ...
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... bird in a state of nature to put forth its full powers to obtain its food , with , as near as possible , a cor- responding condition as to flesh . The following is an out- line of the process of training hawks , beginning with the ...
... bird in a state of nature to put forth its full powers to obtain its food , with , as near as possible , a cor- responding condition as to flesh . The following is an out- line of the process of training hawks , beginning with the ...
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