Usage examples:
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For
as
Mr.
Madden
explains,
not
only
does
the
true
falcon,
be
she
peregrine,
gerfalcon
merlin,
or
hobby,
differ
in
size
and
structure
of
wing
and
beak
from
the
short-
winged
hawks,
but
she
also
differs
in
her
method
of
hunting
and
seizing
her
prey.
J. Arthur Gibbs in "A Cotswold Village".
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But
his
chief
pastime
was
to
watch
the
flight
Of
a
gerfalcon
soaring
into
sight,
Beyond
the
trees
that
fringed
the
garden
wall,
Then
downward
stooping
at
some
distant
call;
And
as
he
gazed
full
often
wondered
he
Who
might
the
master
of
the
falcon
be,
Until
that
happy
morning,
when
he
found
Master
and
falcon
in
the
cottage
ground.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in "The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow".
-
"
Far
in
the
Northern
Land,
By
the
wild
Baltic's
strand,
I,
with
my
childish
hand,
Tamed
the
gerfalcon
And,
with
my
skates
fast-
bound,
Skimmed
the
half-
frozen
Sound,
That
the
poor
whimpering
hound
Trembled
to
walk
on.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in "The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow".
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The
former
skim
forward
upon
it
sideways-
that
is,
in
a
horizontal
or
diagonal
direction,
and
pick
it
up
in
passing;
while
the
true
falcons-
as
the
merlin,
the
peregrine,
the
gerfalcon
and
the
great
eagle-
falcons-
shoot
down
upon
their
prey
perpendicularly
like
an
arrow,
or
a
piece
of
falling
lead.
Mayne Reid in "Popular Adventure Tales".