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... Falconida has been partly formed . Perhaps few readers require to be told that the former name is derived from falx , which signifies a hook or scythe . The eagles being the most powerful and magnificent of all the Falconida , must of ...
... Falconida has been partly formed . Perhaps few readers require to be told that the former name is derived from falx , which signifies a hook or scythe . The eagles being the most powerful and magnificent of all the Falconida , must of ...
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... Falconida are , therefore , only in the same general predicament with the whole feathered creation- even with man himself , whose daily food attests his destruction of life . Away , then , with false sentiment ! it is the great law that ...
... Falconida are , therefore , only in the same general predicament with the whole feathered creation- even with man himself , whose daily food attests his destruction of life . Away , then , with false sentiment ! it is the great law that ...
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... Falconida , the golden eagle is the most noted and powerful , and is named from the coppery yellow colour of the plumage , which is mingled with tints of brown . The appearance of this noble bird when flying is majestic ; the hunter ...
... Falconida , the golden eagle is the most noted and powerful , and is named from the coppery yellow colour of the plumage , which is mingled with tints of brown . The appearance of this noble bird when flying is majestic ; the hunter ...
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... Falconida , or falcon birds , are divided into two families , the one called Aquiliona ( eagles ) , forming the first sub - family ; the other being termed Accipitrina ( hawks ) , and constituting the second sub - family . The first of ...
... Falconida , or falcon birds , are divided into two families , the one called Aquiliona ( eagles ) , forming the first sub - family ; the other being termed Accipitrina ( hawks ) , and constituting the second sub - family . The first of ...
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... Falconida , which includes all the varieties of the hawks . THE HAWK . Hawks may be called lesser eagles , so much do their habits resemble those of the larger falcons , with which they are already classed under the family name Falconida ...
... Falconida , which includes all the varieties of the hawks . THE HAWK . Hawks may be called lesser eagles , so much do their habits resemble those of the larger falcons , with which they are already classed under the family name Falconida ...
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