. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . he base of the beak, so characteristic of the Birdsof Prey, is not sharply defined, but scantily clothedwith fine bristles, passing insensibly into the feathersof the crown of the head. Some of the best-known members of this sectionof the group are the Peregrine and Jer-falcons,and the Kestrel, Hobdv. and Mknlin. (Inly theperegrine and the kestrel, however, can now be calledcommon. The Peregrine is the falcon held so much inesteem by falconers, by whom the female only wascalled the falcon, the male, which is smaller,
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . he base of the beak, so characteristic of the Birdsof Prey, is not sharply defined, but scantily clothedwith fine bristles, passing insensibly into the feathersof the crown of the head. Some of the best-known members of this sectionof the group are the Peregrine and Jer-falcons,and the Kestrel, Hobdv. and Mknlin. (Inly theperegrine and the kestrel, however, can now be calledcommon. The Peregrine is the falcon held so much inesteem by falconers, by whom the female only wascalled the falcon, the male, which is smaller, beingknown as a tiercel. The female was used for thecapture of the larger game, such as herons and rooks;whilst the male was flown only at partridges, andsometimes magpies. In a wild state the peregrine falcon is regardedby other birds with the greatest fear and feeding on the banks of streams or lakes, onperceiving it, immediately take to the water; whilst])lovers and lapwings rise to an immense height in the e m a i nthere forhours. s s h e r,.
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