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It is sometimes applied to the goshawk (Astur palumbarius) whose proper title, however, is
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Astur approximans, VIG. and HORSF. — — — Novae-Hollandiae, VIG. and HORSF.?
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But hark! the cry is Astur: and lo! the ranks divide;
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Ontario. Ministry of Education
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And Astur of the four-fold shield, girt with the brand none else may wield,
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Ontario. Ministry of Education
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Astur hath storm'd Janiculum, and the stout guards are slain.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Ontario. Ministry of Education
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The three remaining raptores that are of frequent occurrence on the hills of South India are the shikra (_Astur badius_), the crested goshawk (_Lophospizias trivirgatus_), and the kestrel (_Tinnunculus alaudarius_).
Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916
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The shikra (_Astur badius_) and the white-eyed buzzard (_Butastur teesa_), which are now engaged in nest-building, are not so fortunate.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916
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It consists of the leg of a Goshawk -- Astur atricapillus, Wilson -- from the outer inferior condyle of the right tibia of which had projected a supernumerary leg that terminated in two toes, the whole abnormality being about one-half the size and length of the natural leg and toes.
The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 143-300 Walter James Hoffman 1872
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It consists of the leg of a Goshawk -- Astur atricapillus, Wilson -- from the outer inferior condyle of the right tibia of which had projected a supernumerary leg that terminated in two toes, the whole abnormality being about one-half the size and length of the natural leg and toes.
Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891 John Wesley Powell 1868
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It is sometimes applied to the goshawk (Astur palumbarius) whose proper title, however, is Shah-báz
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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