Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a chestnut spot on the top of the head: specifically said of the rusty-crowned falcon, Falco (Tinnunculus) sparverius. See
sparrow-hawk .
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These are the turkey vulture, the black vulture, the little rusty-crowned falcon, the pigeon hawk, slate-coloured hawk, red-tailed buzzard, American horned owl, little American owl, and five other species of falcons.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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