The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... Hawk ( i.e. , Goose - Hawk ) , which name itself may have been transferred to the Astur palumbarius of modern ornithologists , from one of the long - winged Birds - of - Prey . 3 Among them Mr Sharpe , who , in his recent Catalogue of ...
... Hawk ( i.e. , Goose - Hawk ) , which name itself may have been transferred to the Astur palumbarius of modern ornithologists , from one of the long - winged Birds - of - Prey . 3 Among them Mr Sharpe , who , in his recent Catalogue of ...
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... Hawk ( F. columbarius ) of North America - so close , indeed , that none but an ex- pert ornithologist can detect the difference . The Turumti of Anglo - Indians ( F. chicquera ) , and its representative from Southern Africa ( F ...
... Hawk ( F. columbarius ) of North America - so close , indeed , that none but an ex- pert ornithologist can detect the difference . The Turumti of Anglo - Indians ( F. chicquera ) , and its representative from Southern Africa ( F ...
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... hawks in the chase , -a sport the practice of which is usually termed hawking . Falconry was for many ages of the Old World's history one of the principal sports . Probably it may be considered as having been always as purely a sport as ...
... hawks in the chase , -a sport the practice of which is usually termed hawking . Falconry was for many ages of the Old World's history one of the principal sports . Probably it may be considered as having been always as purely a sport as ...
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... hawks , notwithstanding the high state of efficiency to which , as we may still see , well- trained hawks may be brought . The antiquity of falconry is very great . It seems impossible to fix the exact period of its first appearance ...
... hawks , notwithstanding the high state of efficiency to which , as we may still see , well- trained hawks may be brought . The antiquity of falconry is very great . It seems impossible to fix the exact period of its first appearance ...
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... hawk slipped at a heron goes off at a rook , she flies at check . Clutching . - Taking the quarry in the feet as the short - winged hawks do . Falcons occasionally " clutch . " Come to . - A hawk is said to " come to " when she begins ...
... hawk slipped at a heron goes off at a rook , she flies at check . Clutching . - Taking the quarry in the feet as the short - winged hawks do . Falcons occasionally " clutch . " Come to . - A hawk is said to " come to " when she begins ...
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