Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history (1898)
Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889, Holder, Joseph B. (Joseph Bassett), 1824-1888, Prang, Louis, 1824-1909, lithographer, Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884, Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Illustrated natural history, National Zoological Park (U.S.), former owner. DSI · New York : Selmar Hess · leaf 98
tle is known of the habits of this species, but on account of the peculiar form of its beak, it cannot be passed over without notice. THE members of an allied genus, termed Jeraz, also possess a similarly formed beak, but the structure of the wings and arrangement of the feathers are so different… … BENGAL FALCON.—Falco cerulescens. India. This tiny Falcon is barely six inches in length, and is popularly known in India by the name of ‘‘ Mooty,’’ a word which signifies ‘‘a handful,’ and is given to the bird because, when it is flown at game, it is taken in the hand and flung at the quarry as if…
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