Falconet
a little falcon; a name applied to a genus of tiny falcons, belonging to the sub-family Falconinæ, peculiar to the East Indies. One, Microfound in the Himalayas and Burmese countries. Not one of these little hawks is seven inches in length; they are said to be used by native chiefs for hawking insects and button quails, being ng thrown from the hand like a ball. They sit solitary on high trees, and, according to native accounts, feed on small birds and insects. The word was also formerly applied to a small piece of ordnance, having an outside diameter at the bore of 44 inches, length 6 feet, weight 400 pounds, and carrying a shot of about 2 inches diato 2 pounds in weight.