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Title: The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy
Year: 1849 (1840s)
Authors: Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832 Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University) NCRS Blyth, Edward, 1810-1873 Mudie, Robert, 1777-1842 Johnston, George, 1797-1855 Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893 Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885
Subjects: Animals
Publisher: London : Wm. S. Orr and Co., Amen Corner, Paternoster Row
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ACGIPITRES. 1C7 exceedingly docile Birds, aiid arc those \fhich are most generally eniployeil in falconnj, being taughtto pursue game, aud to return when called. The Peregrine Falcon (i^. conmiiiwM, Gni,; [F. pereffriniu, Lin.j.—Apparently a cluster of indefinitely distin-guishable species, (tencrally diffused in temperate climates, both northward and southward of the equator]. T\especies mostly trained for purposes of falconr). frhere are numerous others, of which the Jer Falcon, the Lanner,—which is intermediate to the Jer andPeresrine Falcons,—the Hobby, the Red-legged, and the Merlin Falcons, inhabit northern Europe. The Ucd-lci:ged Falcon is remarkable for sometimes breeding in society. F. concolor and some others have thetarsi elongated: and in F. itsalon (the Merlin), and some allied species, the third quill-feather equals andsometimes exceeds the second; these last are also soniewhat Hawk-like in the structure of their feet, and intheir manners. Tlie division of Kestn-l
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