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FALCONID^E: HAWKS. 



and is unfitted as well by physical organization for the 

 deeds of daring address, for which the Falcones and 

 Astures are so famous. It is not quick enough to strike 



birds on the wing, and perforce contents itself with 

 humbler, less active and more defenceless game. 



These Buzzards mate early, constructing a large and 

 bulky, though shallow, nest in a high tree, of sticks and 



