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It is on account of this peculiar habit of hovering in the air that the kestrel is often called the wind-hover in England.
Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916
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After this they left him in peace: they had forgotten that he was a hawk, and that even the gentle mousing wind-hover has a nobler spirit than any crow of them all.
Afoot in England 1881
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The kestrel, or wind-hover, has a peculiar mode of hanging in the air in one place, his wings all the while being briskly agitated.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 Gilbert White 1756
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