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from the size of the bird. Many of the birds of 

 prey, however, possess comparatively weak vocal 

 chords. The only other note with which it bears 

 any sort of comparison is one of the young Kestrel's 

 cries for food. It is a double-syllabled cry, which 

 may be likened to a repetition of the word quir-ic. 

 It is rather weak and thin, yet whistling, brisk and 

 somewhat peevish ; and although it is not a pretty 

 sound in the strict sense of the word, it yet has 

 something about it which is at once remarkable and 

 attractive, for it is not one's every-day luck to meet 

 with the Hobby. 



