The American Eagle: A Study in Natural and Civil History"In this book I aim to give a comprehensive picture of the biology and natural history of the American eagle, and to supplement this with a sketch of the part eagles have played in the civil history of mankind from remote antiquity to our own times"--Page vii. |
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... hawks feed largely upon insects , most diurnal hawks and nocturnal owls prey on vertebrates — fish , frogs , reptiles , and small mammals . Some of this unpopularity is probably due to the implica- tion in " birds of prey , " which , as ...
... hawks feed largely upon insects , most diurnal hawks and nocturnal owls prey on vertebrates — fish , frogs , reptiles , and small mammals . Some of this unpopularity is probably due to the implica- tion in " birds of prey , " which , as ...
Page 112
... hawk and give it a lively chase . The lunges of a hawk at the eagle were always feints , for he never came close ; and at the first menacing stroke of his master , the game for the hawk was up , and it made its escape as best it could ...
... hawk and give it a lively chase . The lunges of a hawk at the eagle were always feints , for he never came close ; and at the first menacing stroke of his master , the game for the hawk was up , and it made its escape as best it could ...
Page 183
A Study in Natural and Civil History Francis Hobart Herrick. hawk was sacred to him . Both he and his double , Harma- chis , the god of Heliopolis ( city of the sun ) and Lower Egypt , were represented as men with a hawk's head , some ...
A Study in Natural and Civil History Francis Hobart Herrick. hawk was sacred to him . Both he and his double , Harma- chis , the god of Heliopolis ( city of the sun ) and Lower Egypt , were represented as men with a hawk's head , some ...
Contents
The nest as cradle and flyingfield The Girard eagles The | 27 |
CHAPTER III | 51 |
CHAPTER V | 87 |
Copyright | |
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