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HAWK.—Some eighteen species of hawk are known to exist in Palestine. The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) and the sparrow-hawk (Accipiter nisus) are the commonest. The traveller through the land sees them everywhere. Hawks were ‘unclean’ birds (Lev_11:16, Deu_14:16). The migratory habits of many species of Palestine hawks are referred to in Job_39:26.
E. W. G. Masterman.