| 单词 | tiercel |
| 例句 | The tiercel appeared in the mist, flew close to her, then dove earthward at a steep angle. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He flew off to do as the peregrine tiercel must do—hunt for his mate and young, until the chicks were well feathered and could keep themselves warm without being brooded. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z One day when the tiercel was brooding the eggs and Frightful was looping and gliding, she heard Sam whistle from the mountain that rose above the river. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Oksi, the falcon and the first hatched, was bigger than the two tiercels. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “The tiercel is roaming away from the aerie. That means he’s done nesting.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The tiercel, he knew, wouldn’t come back until the workers went home. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The tiercel peeled off and shot south like a missile. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z When he looked at them from the ground, he could believe that either a tiercel had brought them or maybe even an osprey. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “Great— I’m relieved of my tiercel duties, and just in time.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She lifted her feathers to look larger and therefore more beautiful to the tiercel. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Before dusk, Blue Bill, a spunky tiercel with an unusually dark beak, called to his parents, and a snip of liver started his system working. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The tiercel caught up with her, then passed beneath her, flying upside down. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Two new companions joined Frightful, one an older peregrine falcon and the other a young tiercel. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Again his “chup” back. touched some deep peregrine memory in her, and she followed the daring tiercel. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z "Let us give them a bishop, then," says the bearer of the tiercel, which is called by that name. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Blackbirds may be hunted with tiercels in the same way. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z The term falcon is by sportsmen restricted to the female, the male, which is smaller and less courageous, being called tiercel, tersel, tercelet, or falconet. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z The male peregrine, known to hawkers as the tiercel, is greatly inferior in size to his mate. The Truth About Woman And the falcon or hawk or genette or tiercel having stooped, the Queen will call upon that eyass for the lure508 appropriated to each bird as it chances. The Fifth Queen Crowned The tiercel, or male peregrine, is excellent for partridges and pigeons; but the female bird only can have a chance with herons, and is to be preferred also for grouse and rooks. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Snipe may be killed by first-class tiercels in favourable localities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Tassell is a corruption of tiercel, a name given to the male peregrine, so termed, according to the legendary lore of venery— "Because he is, commonly, a third part lesse than the female." The Romance of Names The lark fell as a grouse or a partridge will fall to a falcon or tiercel, and the sparrow-hawk did not attempt to carry, but held on his way. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children One tiercel has been known to kill eight magpies in a day; but this is extraordinary work. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z We have a haggard tiercel and a haggard falcon; also two eyas falcons; all are up to their work and have been well entered to rooks. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z For duck, falcons should be used; tiercels will kill teal well. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z It must not be considered that this tiercel did not dash at once into the whole flock because he was afraid to do so. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Perhaps falcons are best for grouse and tiercels for partridges. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z |
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