. The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings . SWALLOW-TAILED HAWK. 64 THE PEREGRINE STh* THE FALCONEB. THE PEREGRINE FALCON. The Peregrine Falcon, an inhabitant of most parts of Europe, Asiaand South America, was, in the pahny days of hawking, one of the fav THE CHAUNTING FALCON. 65 orite Falcons chosen for that sport. Its s
. The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings . SWALLOW-TAILED HAWK. 64 THE PEREGRINE STh* THE FALCONEB. THE PEREGRINE FALCON. The Peregrine Falcon, an inhabitant of most parts of Europe, Asiaand South America, was, in the pahny days of hawking, one of the fav THE CHAUNTING FALCON. 65 orite Falcons chosen for that sport. Its strength and swiftness arevery great, enabling it to strike down its prey with great ease; indeed,it has been known to disable five Partridges in succession. From itssuccessful pursuit of Ducks, the Americans call it the Duck Hawk. There is a peculiarity in the method of attack which this bird em-ploys when pursuing small game. Instead of merely dashing at itsprey, and grasping it with its claws, the Peregrine Falcon strikes itsvictim with its breast, and actually stuns it with the violence of theblow before seizing it with its claws. The boldness of the PeregrineFalcon is so great that it was generally employed to take the formida-ble Heron. After the Heron had been roused from his contemplationsby some marsh or river, the Falcon, who had previous
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