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Definition of Kestrels
1. kestrel [n] - See also: kestrel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kestrels
Literary usage of Kestrels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Stray Notes on Fishing and Natural History by Cornwall Simeon (1860)
"... of Sparrow-hawk—Boldness and voracity of Stoat—Jays—bait for—Flocks of
Magpies—Jays, Magpies, &c. subject to fits—Raven—Cats—Barn-owls—kestrels—Foxes. ..."
2. Stray Notes on Fishing and Natural History by Cornwall Simeon (1860)
"... of Sparrow-hawk—Boldness and voracity of Stoat—Jays—bait for—Flocks of
Magpies—Jays, Magpies, &c. subject to fits—Haven—Cats—Barn-owls—kestrels—Foxes. ..."
3. Nature and Sport in Britain by Henry Anderson Bryden (1904)
"But, unhappily, alongside these marauders were nailed also the bodies of eight
kestrels, clear proof that the gamekeeper responsible for this grisly array ..."
4. Shooting by Thomas de Grey Walsingham, Ralph Payne-Gallwey (1886)
"In this wood were the nests of no less than six pairs of kestrels, ... The keeper
had been strictly ordered not to molest the kestrels in any way, ..."
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