And touching this lost lad, ye all ken his mother was a hawk of an uncanny nest, a second cousin of Kate Kimmer, of Barfloshan, as rank a witch as ever rode on ragwort.
When I went to the stable to feed the horses I noticed a big white-breasted hawk on a tall oak in front of the chicken-house, evidently waiting for a chicken breakfast.
Below her a fish-hawk poised and dipped, seeking his dinner; far out, two black specks showed where her friends were at their "sport.
And the black cattle listened, too, and so did the fish-hawk overhead, and the little birds peeping from their nest in the birch wood close at hand; but none of them ever told what Gerald said.
I am the comb of the champion fighting-cock that never runs away," "I am the hawk flying down the Kanyau Kiver, coming after the fine feathered fowl.
Then the line, Indian-guarded, and led by Hawk Eye, marches out, left.
A great hawk soared high in the blue over our heads.
Here and there a hawkswooped down from the azure to break the surface and bear off a wriggling fish that gleamed like silver, and at eventide we would see at the brink an elk or doe, with head poised, watching us as we drifted.
The Maurice Farman previously mentioned as being fitted with the Hawk engine, carried out a patrol one day of 18 hours 20 minutes.
The engines used are Rolls Royce Renaults, although in one instance a 75 horse-power Rolls Royce Hawk engine was fitted, which assisted in making an exceedingly useful ship.
The hawk stoops at the head of its quarry and confuses it, whilst the dogs, who would otherwise have no chance, run up and seize it.
They are sometimes hunted by hawks and dogs combined, the churrug (Falco sacer) being the hawk usually employed, as mentioned both by Kinloch and Hodgson, writing of opposite ends of the great Himalayan chain.
The Lark when pursued by the Hawk has been known to seek refuge under the protection of man, as the following quoted by Captain Brown from Bell's "Weekly Messenger" will show.
At this moment the looks of the eagle are all ardour; and levelling his neck for flight, he sees the fish-hawk once more emerge, struggling with his prey, and mounting into the air with screams of exultation.
It is a bird of the Hawk kind and may easily be distinguished from other birds of prey by its forked tail and the slow and circular eddies it describes in the air whenever it spies its prey.
The Sparrow-hawk which measures from twelve to fifteen inches long is a terror to smaller birds, showing great pertinacity in their pursuit.
In this situation, the hawk defending himself with his talons and his bill, intimidated the hens and turkeys, which streamed tumultuously around him.
Mind you the scald's words, I pray you, lord king, and send me to my right place, even with hawk on one side and swan on the other.
We took hawks--the king had given me a good one when we started, for a Saxon noble ever rides with hawk on wrist--and two leash of greyhounds.
This universalhawk is as common in Gairloch as elsewhere.
This pretty littlehawk is very common, and its nests are often taken.
This hawkis tolerably common, but is not known to nest in Gairloch.
The sparrow-hawk kills young grouse, and has been seen by Mr John Munro pecking at an old grouse which was still warm, and had probably been killed by it.
The female sparrow-hawk resembles the male peregrine both in size and plumage.
Nor did he seem to pay more attention to Yank as a human being, but prodded and pulled and hauled and manipulated him from top to toe, his gray, hawk face intent and absorbed.
There was no sign of life anywhere about the pond, except a foraging fish-hawk winging above it, with fierce head stretched low in the search for some basking trout or chub.
Heraldry, in its emblazonment, makes no distinction between the appearance of the hawk and the falcon, but for canting and other reasons the bird will be found described by all its different names, e.
The sparrow-hawk may be also trained to hunt; his flight is rapid for a short distance, kills partridges well in the early season, and is the best of all for landrails.
The Icelander is the largest hawk that is known, and highly esteemed by falconers, especially for its great powers and tractable disposition.
From the Hawk patrol, Walter Osborne and a lad named Blake Merton, who, toward the end of the trials, showed unexpected skill as a signaler.
Walter Osborne, of the Hawk patrol, from across the room.
It often falls out that a hawk breaks her wing and train-feathers, so that others must be set in their steads, which is termed `ymping' them.
The Sparrow-hawk is a larger and fiercer bird, and the one that preys most frequently on chickens.
In order to secure his prey the hawk holds himself suspended, as it were, in the air on his wide spread wings, until he sees a favourable opportunity, and then suddenly pounces down upon his victim.
The hawk is a bird of prey, feeding on small birds, chickens and mice.
Many of the different kinds of hawk were used in olden times for a sport called hawking.
To catch the thief, he ordered a net to be hung up in such a way that the hawk in his next visit could not fail to be entangled.
And this little boy holdeth ever the separate lures for each hawk that the Queen setteth up.
Those very words it signifieth--and that the better for it showeth that that lady is minded to let her hawk go, luring the gentleman to her with that favour of his.
And the falcon orhawk or genette or tiercel having stooped, the Queen will call upon that eyass for the lure appropriated to each bird as it chances.
He made a dive for the desk and began turning over papers recklessly, hishawk eyes searching every one.
Now Jasper Crosby’s hawkeyes were fixed on Judy.
The Red-shouldered Hawk is one of the finest specimens of these birds, as well as one of the most useful.
This has especially been the case with the Hawk family, only three of the common inland species being harmful.
The flight of the Red-shouldered Hawk is slow, but steady and strong with a regular beat of the wings.
The Hawk family is an interesting one and many of them are beautiful.
Swainson's Hawkis said to be the great Grasshopper destroyer of the west, and it is estimated that in a month three hundred of these birds save sixty tons of produce that the Grasshopper would destroy.
Somehow Mr. Blue Jay never sees a Hawk without giving the alarm, and on he rushes to attack us, backed up by other Jays who never fail to go to his assistance.
The name of Chicken Hawk is often applied to it, though it does not deserve the name, its diet being of a more humble kind.
But only occasionally, remember, so that I don't deserve the name of Chicken Hawkat all, do I?
Note the short weak bill and wide mouth of the night-hawk and whippoorwill and of the swifts and swallows; they catch insects in this wide mouth while on the wing.
The night-hawk (Chordeiles virginianus), common over the whole country, is seen at twilight flying vigorously about in its search for insects.
Merry Margaret As midsummer flower, Gentle as falcon, Or hawk of the tower.
