Jerfalcon

I pounced like a jerfalcon onto the mountain Jurkumen, and thence over the lake Buyur, and I captured for you the cranes with blue claws and gray plumage, that is to say, the Durbans and Taidshuts. ❋ John [Editor] Rudd (1885)

The snowy owl too, the jerfalcon, and the eagle, were looked upon as part of the larder -- the flesh of all being almost as good as that of the grouse. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

Here François triumphantly pointed to the pile of birds, which in all, with the jerfalcon, counted four brace and a half. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

It is known by the name of 'jerfalcon,' or 'gyrfalcon,' but its zoological name is ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

Here Francois triumphantly pointed to the pile of birds, which in all, with the jerfalcon, counted four brace and a half. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

It is known by the name of ` jerfalcon, 'or ` gyrfalcon,' but its zoological name is ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

"Yes," continued the naturalist, "it is the jerfalcon; and those other birds which you call 'white partridges,' are the very creatures upon which it preys. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

"Yes," continued the naturalist, "it is the jerfalcon; and those other birds which you call ` white partridges, 'are the _very_ creatures upon which it preys. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)