Falconet

a little falcon; a name applied to a genus of tiny falcons uliar to the East Indies. One is — in the Him a lay as and Burmese countries, Not one of these little hawks is seven inches in length; they the said to be used by native chiefs for hawking insects being thrown from the hand like a ball. The word was also formerly applied to a small piece of ordnance. _Faleonids, a family of raptorial birds. They are all remarkable for strong and sharply-hooked bills, and most of them have sharp and powerful talons. In the eagles and falcons these characters are developed in the highest degree. In most, the female is larger than the male, and is much the more powerful bird.