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partridge hawk
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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the gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus.
Quotations
1772
Speckled partridge hawk, at Hudson's Bay. The name is derived from its feeding on the birds of the grouse tribe, commonly called partridges, at Hudson's Bay.
1882
The last named is known as the partridge or winter hawk. . . .
1956
Gyrfalcon [is also called] partridge hawk ("Labr.," Hudson Bay). . . .
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the goshawk, Accipiter gentilis.
Quotations
1959
Goshawk [is known as] partridge hawk (As a predator on the ruffed grouse and allies. Nfld., "Labr.", Sask.); speckled partridge hawk ("Hudson Bay," Forster, 1772). . . .