Besides, the motion of these, had he used them, might have caught the eye of his intended victim, and warned it of the danger.

I say it was a beautiful sight to watch him as he swam through his aery circles, at one moment appearing all white--as his breast was turned to the spectators--the next moment his black back and purple wings glittering in the sun, as sideways he guided himself down the spiral curve.

It was a beautiful sight, and the young hunters stood gazing with silent admiration.
Basil and Francois wondered that he did not at once pounce upon the snake, for towards it his flight was evidently tending.

They had seen other hawks do this--such as the red-tailed, the peregrine, and the osprey--which last sometimes shoots several hundred feet perpendicularly down upon its prey.

Lucien, however, knew better.