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Title: An illustrated manual of British birds
Identifier: cu31924000047815 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London, Gurney and Jackson
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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THE KESTREL. Falco tinnunculus, Linnaeus. The Kestrel—also familiarly known as the Wind-hover, from its habit of hanging almost motionless in air against the wind—is the most abundant of the British birds of prey; and would be still more numerous than it is, but for its persecution by persons who ought to be aware that it feeds principally upon rodents, and is, therefore, one of the best friends of the agriculturist. It is generally dis- tributed throughout the United Kingdom ; but in Scotland, where its harmlessness and utility are now recognized by the more intelligent gamekeepers, it migrates, as a rule, from the northern districts in winter; at which season its numbers in England are further increased by visitors from the Continent, chiefly on passage. To the Faeroes the Kestrel is only a wanderer, and it has not

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  • bookdecade:1890
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Saunders_Howard_1835_1907
  • booksubject:Birds
  • bookpublisher:London_Gurney_and_Jackson
  • bookcontributor:Cornell_University_Library
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  • bookleafnumber:410
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