"Gyrfalcon" Quotes from Famous Books
... larger number of individuals, as might be supposed, are common to the northern portions of the three continents. Among these are the golden eagle, the white-headed or sea eagle, the osprey, the peregrine falcon, the gyrfalcon, the merlin goshawk, the common buzzard, rough-legged buzzard, hen-harrier, long-eared owl, short-eared owl, great snowy owl, and Tengmalm's owl. Nearly all the ducks and other swimming families, ... — The Western World - Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North - and South America • W.H.G. Kingston |