...—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」
...Among otherthings he related that the ravens had for very nearneighbours on the rocks a pair of peregrine falcons,and for several years there had always been peacebetween them...
W. H. Hudson 「Birds and Man」
...As the Peregrine of falconry we know of the Duck Hawkas a fearless, dashing hunter of greater power of wing andtalon...
Frank M. Chapman 「What Bird is That?」
...I have related in a former work that I once saw a peregrine strike down and kill an owl--a sight that made me gasp with astonishment...
W. H. Hudson 「Birds in Town and Village」
...The peregrine falcon, which feeds largely on ducks, ismigratory, while the lugger falcon—a bird not particularlyaddicted to waterfowl—remains in India throughout the year...
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」
...The apparatus usually employed for the capture of the peregrine,the shahin and other falcons is a well-limed piece of cane,about the length of the expanse of a falcon's wings...
Douglas Dewar 「A Bird Calendar for Northern India」
...The Peregrine Falcon occupies among the 'noble' birds of prey aplace second only in dignity to the Gyr Falcon...
Rev. C. A. Johns 「British Birds in their Haunts」
...The 'Lanner' of Pennant is a young female Peregrine...
Rev. C. A. Johns 「British Birds in their Haunts」
...A peregrine falcon,from the wild, rocky coast to the west,came sailing on wide-reaching wings acrossthe April sky...
Alfred W. Rees 「Creatures of the Night」
...In the nick oftime, Puss vanished with her little onebeneath an impenetrable tangle of friendlythorns, while the baffled peregrine proceededon his way...
Alfred W. Rees 「Creatures of the Night」
...Family cares again claimed the hare'sattention in July; and, having taken toheart her experience with the peregrine, sheleft the uplands and made her home in thethickets of a river-island...
Alfred W. Rees 「Creatures of the Night」
...The Peregrine Falcon so famous in the daysof Falconry is a fearless bird and does not hesitate to attackthose of much larger size...
Various 「Natural History in Anecdote」
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