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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 95 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HAWK (O. Eng. hafoc or heafoc, a
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common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch havik, Ger. Habicht; the root is hab-, haf-, to hold, cf.
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Lat. accipiter, from capere)
  , a word of somewhat indefinite meaning, being often used to signify all diurnal birds-of-prey which are neither vultures nor eagles, and again more exclusively for those of the remainder which are not buzzards, falcons, harriers or kites . Even with this restriction it is comprehensive enough, and will include more than a
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hundred
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species, which have been arrayed in genera varying in number from a dozen to above a score, according to the fancy of the systematizer .

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