...—The beautiful Peregrine Falcon is rare, but the Kestrel is found almost universally;and the bold and daring Goshawkwherever wild crags and precipices afford safe breeding places...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...At such times it has the appearanceof a delicately coloured miniature kestrel orhobby...
W. H. Hudson 「Birds and Man」
...), and myself were walking from theEducation Office to Grote Street School, a Kestrel was seen on thegrass in a small square...
John Albert Leach 「An Australian Bird Book」
...Now, the interest of this observation is that mostof our ornithologists were prepared to state that the Kestrel isentirely insectivorous, and never touches small birds...
John Albert Leach 「An Australian Bird Book」
...His "Happy Family" generallyconsisted of a cat or two, some kittens, rats, mice, rabbits, guineapigs, an owl, a kestrel falcon, starlings, goldfinches, canaries,etc...
Harrison Weir 「Our Cats and All About Them」
...They are the kite and the kestrel...
Douglas Dewar 「Birds of the Indian Hills」
...It is on account of this peculiar habit ofhovering in the air that the kestrel is often called the wind-hoverin England...
Douglas Dewar 「Birds of the Indian Hills」
...The kestrel...
Douglas Dewar 「Birds of the Indian Hills」
...Again, there isthe kestrel...
Douglas Dewar 「A Bird Calendar for Northern India」
...Of the migratory birds of prey the kestrel is perhaps the firstto arrive; the osprey and the peregrine falcon are among thelast...
Douglas Dewar 「A Bird Calendar for Northern India」
...Itsproper note is harsh, resembling somewhat that of the Kestrel,Shake-shake! the call note is truii! Of the Lesser Grey Shrike,Lanius minor, there have been few occurrences in these Islands...
Rev. C. A. Johns 「British Birds in their Haunts」
...It is a generally-diffused bird,by no means so common as the Kestrel and Sparrow-hawk, but ismet with occasionally in most countries of Europe and Asia, andin various parts of the British Isles...
Rev. C. A. Johns 「British Birds in their Haunts」
...Unlikethe Kestrel, which soars high in air and mostly preys on animalswhich when once seen have no power of escape, the Sparrow-Hawkis marked by its dashing, onward flight...
Rev. C. A. Johns 「British Birds in their Haunts」
...But in autumn and winter, game-birdsare fully fledged and being quite able to take care of themselvesare by no means liable to fall a prey to the Kestrel...
Rev. C. A. Johns 「British Birds in their Haunts」
...Itsprincipal enemies are the Kestrel and the Barn Owl...
Various 「Natural History in Anecdote」
..."I had," says he, "the pleasure, this summer, of seeing the kestrel engaged in an occupation entirely new to me—hawking after cockchaffers late in the evening...
Samuel Griswold Goodrich 「Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom」
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