THE SAVAGE WORLD, 
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The Falcon (Falco) has long been celebrated, and always appears in tales 
of mediaeval knights and their demoiselles. Its beak is thick, stout, curved and 
FALCON STRIKING A BITTERN. 
supplied with a single tooth, which fits into an empty socket in the lower jaw; 
its claws are sharply curved and pointed. 
