pigeon-hawk

Of hawks, the strongest is the buzzard; the next in point of courage is the merlin; and the circus ranks third; other diverse kinds are the asterias, the pigeon-hawk, and the pternis; the broaded-winged hawk is called the half-buzzard; others go by the name of hobby-hawk, or sparrow-hawk, or

The History of Animals 2002

A pigeon-hawk came prowling by our camp, and the faint piping call of the nuthatches, leading their young through the high trees, was often heard.

Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools Emilie Kip Baker

The sparrow-hawk, the malicious hen-hawk, and cruel pigeon-hawk, are very common throughout the United States and Europe.

Harper's Young People, February 24, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Various

One presents him with a golden pigeon-hawk, another with a setter-dog, this one a greyhound, this other a sparrowhawk, and another a swift Arab steed, this one a shield, this one an ensign, this one a sword, and this a helmet.

Four Arthurian Romances de Troyes Chr��tien 1914

A numerous and gay band he brought two hundred of them in his suite; and there was none, whoever he be, but had a falcon or tercel, a merlin or a sparrow-hawk, or some precious pigeon-hawk, golden or mewed.

Four Arthurian Romances de Troyes Chr��tien 1914

There were the wings of the condor, of the bald and the golden eagle, of the duck-hawk, pigeon-hawk, squirrel-hawk, of the sap-sucker, of the eider duck, and a

The Log School-House on the Columbia Hezekiah Butterworth 1872

When this billet is flung into the air, and twirls about in its descent, it exhibits some resemblance -- though not a very close one -- to a flying pigeon-hawk.

Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt Mayne Reid 1850

Loxia; a bird which deftroys pines and fir - trees, have been feen here*; where alfo the pigeon-hawk or goflaawk is faid to breed.

A General History of Ireland, in Its Antient and Modern State: The Whole ... 1781