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Oh dear here we go. I recall it as the Peregrine
(not Goshawks) being called "gentle" because of their habit of killing instantly
or quickly or by knockout, and then biting the neck, as distinct from the
goshawks that were NOT gentle, due to their method of killing by crushing. How
killing could be described as gentle is a little peculiar. So Tiercel Gentle was
a male Falcon (not in the sense that Falcon was the female but in the sense that
Falcon is a member of the genus Falco). The quote from Shakespeare I
suggest more likely relates to a falcon (though I don't know the
context). I don't know that males are more gentle than females. Hawks have
a crushing reflex in their feet. As far as I know, falcons don't. Does anyone
believe differently?
Philip
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