“The {{w|Common kestrel|kestrel}}, that common small hawk, may also be known and instantly distinguished from the {{w|Eurasian sparrowhawk|sparrow-hawk}} — which is more of a woodland bird — by it manner of hovering in the air. The sparrow-hawk glides along, dashes round bushes, sweeps over a hedge and disappears; but the kestrel mounts to a fair height, quivers its wings, spreads its tail like a fan and hangs poised in mid-arie for what seems to the watcher a considerable time.It is watching for {{w|Short-tailed field vole|field-vole}}s in the herbage below.”