agab

Updated: May 14, 2025

There is also a large kite or eagle, called "agab," or "the butcher," by the Arabs, which is greatly dreaded by fowlers, as it will attack and kill the falcon no less than other birds. We have little information as to which of these birds frequented the country in ancient times.

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