J Ethol (2003) 21:107–110

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In the Results section, the first sentence of the fifth paragraph and the second sentence of the sixth paragraph should read as follows, respectively:

After grasping, the kestrels struck prey with their beak at variable frequencies (\( \chi _r^2 = 24.36 \), df=3, P<0.001).

Such a latency differed greatly between prey (\( \chi _r^2 = 23.80 \), df=3, P<0.001) ranging from 2.78±0.7 s in tests with the earthworm as prey to 230.0±60.1 s in tests with the mouse.

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