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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... wings . The type of this group is the English Hobby ( F. subbuteo ) , a bird ci great power of flight , chiefly used in . French , Emérillon ; Icelandic , Sniril !, the capture of insects , which form its ordinary food. FALCON 3 are ...
... wings . The type of this group is the English Hobby ( F. subbuteo ) , a bird ci great power of flight , chiefly used in . French , Emérillon ; Icelandic , Sniril !, the capture of insects , which form its ordinary food. FALCON 3 are ...
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... wing - feather of ige falcon , tiercel , " half natural size in process of imping : a , the feather ; b , piece ... wing simultaneously , a common action of hawks when at ease ; also when she spreads out her wings and feathers to hide ...
... wing - feather of ige falcon , tiercel , " half natural size in process of imping : a , the feather ; b , piece ... wing simultaneously , a common action of hawks when at ease ; also when she spreads out her wings and feathers to hide ...
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... wing or feather , very lightly at first . At night she should be tied to a perch in a room with the window darkened , so that no light can enter in the morning . The perch should be a padded pole placed across the room , about four and ...
... wing or feather , very lightly at first . At night she should be tied to a perch in a room with the window darkened , so that no light can enter in the morning . The perch should be a padded pole placed across the room , about four and ...
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... wings , a very necessary . She must be carefully tamed and broken to light body proportionately , and air - cells in his bones , and the hood in the same manner , and so taught to know the can rise with astonishing rapidity , more ...
... wings , a very necessary . She must be carefully tamed and broken to light body proportionately , and air - cells in his bones , and the hood in the same manner , and so taught to know the can rise with astonishing rapidity , more ...
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... wing by his canning and shiftiness ; and he is , moreover , never to be found except where he has shelter under his lee for security from a passing peregrine . Once in a hedge or tree he is perfectly safe from the wild falcon , but the ...
... wing by his canning and shiftiness ; and he is , moreover , never to be found except where he has shelter under his lee for security from a passing peregrine . Once in a hedge or tree he is perfectly safe from the wild falcon , but the ...
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