Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stannel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kestrel \Kes"trel\ (k[e^]s"tr[e^]l), n. [See {Castrel}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
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.
Note: This word is often used in contempt, as of a mean kind
of hawk. ``Kites and kestrels have a resemblance with
hawks.'' --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stannel \Stan"nel\, 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}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The kestrel; -- called also {standgale}, {standgall},
{stanchel}, {stand hawk}, {stannel hawk}, {steingale},
{stonegall}. [Written also {staniel}, {stannyel}, and
{stanyel}.]
With what wing the staniel checks at it. --Shak.
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