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The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life part 3 (1912)

University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 54

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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… … FIG. 6. BROAD-WINGED HAWK. used in hunting hares, pheasants, partridges, teal,doves, and crows. Doubtless our own goshawkcould readily be trained to hunt game, but ofcourse the falconers days are practically over,though it is said a few falcons are still trained inEngland. The American Peregrine…

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