The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . omewhat acrid whenraw; when tioiled or roasted they become quite palata-ble, and resemble chestnuts in taste, whence they arecalled earth-chestnuts. Several other names are appliedto them, such as eartjumt, hoijnut. pignut, and kipper-nut. hawk-owl (hiikoul), ?«. 1. The day-owl, Sur-II ia id Ilia or Vhdafunerea: so called from itsdiurnal habits and notable rapacity, it is a rathersmall owl, without plumicorns, with the facial disk very Hawk-fly, or Missouri Bee-k
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . omewhat acrid whenraw; when tioiled or roasted they become quite palata-ble, and resemble chestnuts in taste, whence they arecalled earth-chestnuts. Several other names are appliedto them, such as eartjumt, hoijnut. pignut, and kipper-nut. hawk-owl (hiikoul), ?«. 1. The day-owl, Sur-II ia id Ilia or Vhdafunerea: so called from itsdiurnal habits and notable rapacity, it is a rathersmall owl, without plumicorns, with the facial disk very Hawk-fly, or Missouri Bee-killer l^Practacanthus milberti),natural flies or robber-flies: so called from their preda-ceous habits and swiftness of flight. The adultsprey on other insects and are on the whole benetlcial, butsome species destroy honey-bees. The larvte live underground and are probably phytophagous, Proctacanthnsmilberti is the Missouri bee-killer; it also preys on theRocky Mountain locust and the cotton-worm, hawkie, ». See hawkey^. hawking (haking), n. [Verbal n. of hnirk^, v.]The sport of capturing birds and small quaiiru-173. hawse imperfect, the tail long and graduated, and the plumageburred throughout. It inhabits the northern parts ofEurope, Asia, and America. 2. The short-eared owl. Strix brachyotiis or :—3. The barfang or great snowyowl, Xyrlrii iiirca. hawk-parrot (hakparot), ». A parrot of thegenus I>i roityiis, asZ>. coroiiiitiis ovaccipilriniis,the crested hawk-paiTot of the Amazon. Seecut under Dcrnpti/iiK. hawks-beard (haksberd), )!. A plant of thegenus Crcjiis, allied to the hawkweeds and the(laiiilelion. A few species, as Crejris rubra, arecultivated. See Crcpis. hawks-bill (haksbil), n. 1. Same as haick-bill, 1.—2. The catch or detent controlling thestriking-movement of a clock. hawks-eye (haksi), h. a kind of plover, (a)The golden plover. G. Edwards, 1750. (6) The black-bellied plover, Alex. Wilson. hawk-swallow (hakswol6), n. The comm
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