Stannel

Kestrel \Kes"trel\ (k[e^]s"tr[e^]l), n. [See {Castrel}.] (Zool.)
   A small, slender European hawk ({Falco alaudarius}), allied
   to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and
   spotted with white and black. Also called {windhover} and
   {stannel}. The name is also applied to other allied species.
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   Note: This word is often used in contempt, as of a mean kind
         of hawk. "Kites and kestrels have a resemblance with
         hawks." --Bacon.
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Stannel \Stan"nel\ (-n[e^]l), n. [AS. st[=a]ngella, stangilla;
   properly, stone yeller, i. e., a bird that yells from the
   rocks. See {Stone}, and {Yell}, and cf. {Stonegall}.] (Zool.)
   The kestrel; -- called also {standgale}, {standgall},
   {stanchel}, {stand hawk}, {stannel hawk}, {steingale},
   {stonegall}. [Written also {staniel}, {stannyel}, and
   {stanyel}.]
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         With what wing the staniel checks at it. --Shak.
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