The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life part 3 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 54
y. It is the type of a true hunting-falcon, flying rapidly a few feet above theground, and descending with a swift rush on theluckless prey detected by its sharp eyes. It isdaring to rashness, and unlucky is the farmerwhose poultry-yard becomes familiar ground toone of these hawks. Almost before… … FIG. 5. DUCK-HAWK, OR PEREGRINE FALCON. upon a flock of the birds called grackles as theywere crossing the Ohio River. The birds in theirfright collected into a compact mass, the hawkdashed among them, and, seizing first one andN.&O.L. 11. 3. then another, killed five before the flock…
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