Note 89 — PROGRESSION IN OR THROUGH THE AIR. (continued 2)
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“The hobby falcon, which abounds in Bulgaria during the summer months, hawks large dragonflies, which it seizes with the foot and devours whilst in the air. It also kills swifts, larks, turtle-doves, and bee-birds, although more rarely.”—Falconry in the British Isles, by Francis Henry Salvin and William Brodrick. Lond. 1855.