Could he but reach that, he might defy his raptor.
"The White Squaw"
Mayne Reid
If he were primal man of primal nature, the demigod raptor who seizes his mate?
"The Missourian"
Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
It has a very harsh chattering note, louder than that of L. nigriceps, and appears to be most noisy towards sunset, when its cry would often lead one to suppose that the bird was being strangled in the clutches of a raptor."
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume