Small or young prey may be completely carried off, leaving only blood as evidence of a kill.

Small prey may be eaten on the wing, but larger prey are returned to the perch to be beaten against the perch to kill them and break them up.

Small specimens up to 3 – 4 m ( 10 – 14 ft ) long eat mainly rodents such as rats, whereas larger individuals switch to prey such as Viverridae ( e. g. civets and binturongs ), and even primates and pigs.

Small prey, mainly consisting of insects, are attracted by the sweet secretions of the peduncular glands.

Small prey species such as porcupines, hares and peafowl form a very small part in their diet.

Small prey are preferred, but kookaburras sometimes take large creatures, including venomous snakes much longer than their bodies.

Small prey items are also taken, especially when nesting.

The Hawaiian Moorhen or ʻalae ʻula ( G. c. sandvicensis ) is suspected to be threatened by the Small Indian Mongoose ( Herpestes javanicus ) which was introduced to the Hawaiian Islands to hunt rats but found the local birdlife easier prey.

Small prey are devoured whole.

Small prey will usually be swallowed whole on the spot, while larger prey is carried in the bill to a perch and then torn into pieces.

Small mammals, ranging in size from shrews to rabbits, are regular prey and often become the owl's primary prey during winter.

Small birds such as chickadees, sparrows and warblers are the most common avian prey and such species are normally caught directly off of their nocturnal perches or during nocturnal migration.

Small vertebrate prey has also been found in the stomachs of collected birds including small native toads and nestlings.

Small prey will be caught within the range of the vomerine teeth or by the posterior half of the tongue, to which the prey adheres.

Small hillocks ( though showing degraded condition ) in the lake show big trees ; birds of prey such as Milvus migrans lineatus and Circus aeruginosus have been recorded on these trees.

Small, fast moving prey may be caught by a flick of the tongue while larger items are grabbed with the jaws.

Small prey was usually brought down with a blow of the front paw and then held down with both front feet.

Small prey by itself is barely sufficient to meet the energy requirements of a large carnivore such as the tiger, and is insufficient for tiger reproduction.

Originally a dog bred to work with noble families ' falconers before guns were used in bird and small game hunting, ancestors of the Small Munsterlander had to work in upland areas to flush prey for the falcon, then allow the falcon to keep the prey until the falconer could retrieve it while the dog pointed at the catch.

Purpose of this inventory is to include all eligible productive facilities in SBA's facilities register so that the small business concerns may have an opportunity to avail themselves of the services authorized by the Congress in establishing the Small Business Administration.

Alexandria is also known as " Small Town USA " and holds an annual festival to honor this heritage.

Small particle sizes lead to enormous surface areas, and this effect is greatly amplified in colloids.

Public discourse ranged in tone from organized arguments by tobacconist and medical practitioner John Williams, who posited that " several arguments proving that inoculating the smallpox is not contained in the law of Physick, either natural or divine, and therefore unlawful ," to more slanderous attacks, such as those put forth in a pamphlet by Dr. William Douglass of Boston entitled The Abuses and Scandals of Some Late Pamphlets in Favour of Inoculation of the Small Pox ( 1721 ), on the qualifications of inoculation's proponents.

The Small Deep Space Transponder ( SDST ) is a compact and light weight radio communications system.

Small changes in the vector field will only produce small changes in the Poincaré map and these small changes will reflect in small changes in the position of the eigenvalues of J in the complex plane, implying that the map is still hyperbolic.

Small changes may produce no qualitative changes in the phase space until a special value μ < sub > 0 </ sub > is reached.

Moller International continues to develop the Skycar M400, which is powered by four pairs of in-tandem Wankel rotary engines, and is approaching the problems of satellite-navigation, incorporated in the proposed Small Aircraft Transportation System.

Additionally outside the region, FSM is a member or participant of the ACP ( Lomé Convention ), the Alliance of Small Island States, the Asian Development Bank, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ( ESCAP ), the Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ), the G-77, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the IMF, the International Olympic Committee, the ITU, the NAM and the World Meteorological Organization.

Small displacement, crankcase-scavenged two-stroke engines have been less fuel-efficient than other types of engines when the fuel is mixed with the air prior to scavenging allowing some of it to escape out of the exhaust port.

Kiribati is a member of the Alliance of Small Island States ( AOSIS ), an intergovernmental organization of low-lying coastal and small Island countries.

Established in 1990, the main purpose of the alliance is to consolidate the voices of Small Island Developing States ( SIDS ) to address global warming.

A small business is " An independently owned and operated business that is not dominant in its field of operation and conforms to standards set by the Small Business Administration or by state law regarding number of employees and yearly income called also small business concern.

The rule is named after the 17th-century French mathematician Guillaume de l ' Hôpital, who published the rule in his book Analyse des Infiniment Petits pour l ' Intelligence des Lignes Courbes ( literal translation: Analysis of the Infinitely Small for the Understanding of Curved Lines ) ( 1696 ), the first textbook on differential calculus.

Completely caseless ammunition was also studied on several occasions, notably the German 4. 7 mm designs, and this concept is now being continued with the Lightweight Small Arms Technologies Program.

The Nirvana song " Rainbow Chaser " is thought to be the first-ever British recording to feature the audio effect known as phasing or flanging throughout an entire track, as distinct from occasionally within a song such as the Small Faces in " Itchycoo Park ".

* The Small, sealed, transportable, autonomous reactor ( SSTAR ) is being primarily researched and developed in the US, intended as a fast breeder reactor that is passively safe and could be remotely shut down in case the suspicion arises that it is being tampered with.

Still, to quote the same reference: " Vorbis, on the other hand is named after the Terry Pratchett character from the book Small Gods.

The Book of Omni is notable also for being the last of the books contained on the Small Plates of Nephi, one of two major divisions of the gold plates which Joseph Smith, Jr. translated to obtain the Book of Mormon.

* A young female penguin, variously identified as " Small Child " or " Little Girl ," who is apparently Pokey's sister

Small, isolated peaks are numerous, and it is here that the only lakes of any size are found.

) Small town and neighborhood movie theatres usually had a pianist.

Small and unchanging amounts of cumulus or cirrus clouds in an otherwise clear sky are usually indications of continuing fair weather as long as the barometric pressure remains comparatively high.

:* Species cumulus humilis ( Cu hum ): Small Cu usually with just a light-grey shading underneath ( C < sub > L </ sub > 1 ).

These butterflies are usually northern species, such as the Mourning Cloak ( Camberwell Beauty ) and the Large and Small Tortoiseshell butterflies.

Small rural communities are usually known as townships.

Small and short-lived, Erysimum ' Chelsea Jacket ' is a perennial cultivar of Erysimum cheiri usually grown for its long-lasting and brightly coloured flowers.

Small SRAM buffers are also found in CDROM and CDRW drives ; usually 256 kB or more are used to buffer track data, which is transferred in blocks instead of as single values.

Small dinghies under 12 feet are usually powered by rowing with one set of oars.

Small craft, such as the SR. N6, usually have one engine with the drive split through a gearbox.

Small municipalities usually have only one urban district, which contains the city itself, consisting of the seat of the local government, where the municipality's prefeitura and câmara de vereadores ( City Hall and City Council, respectively, the Executive and Legislative local bodies ) are located.

Small molecules are usually liberated in these condensation steps, in contrast to polyaddition reactions with no liberation of small molecules.

Small birds are sometimes caught in flight too, usually by approaching them from below and behind and seizing their feet with the beak.

However, on the Small Claims Track, only specific limited costs such as fixed court fees are usually awarded.

Small animals such as birds and squirrels rarely live to their maximum life span, usually dying of accidents, disease or predation.

Small currents ( 70 – 700 mA ) usually trigger fibrillation in the heart which is reversible via defibrillator, but large currents (> 1 A ) cause permanent damage via burns, and cellular damage.

Small deletions are less likely to be fatal ; large deletions are usually fatal-there are always variations based on which genes are lost.

Small hydro can be further subdivided into mini hydro, usually defined as less than 1, 000 kW, and micro hydro which is less than 100 kW.

Small businesses are usually not dominant in their field of operation.

Small scale asphalt recycling will usually involve high speed on-site asphalt recycling equipment or overnight soft heat asphalt recycling.

*: Small quantities of the TAR-21 are in use by field and intervention units of the Polícia Judiciária, like hostage negotiation teams and investigators who usually work alongside other dedicated law enforcement intervention units — the Special Operations Group ( GOE ) and the National Republican Guard's Special Operations Company ( COE ); these weapons were initially intended to equip a new unit under the command of the Polícia Judiciária resembling the GOE.

Small parties can form spontaneously, but large ones usually require a fair amount of planning and preparation.

* Thaumastellidae – Small bugs usually found under rocks in tropical Africa and the Middle East.