i84 GOSHAWK. Class II, 



52. Gos- Autour. Belon a'v, 112. L'Atour, Aflur. Brijjfon av. 

 HAWK. Gejner a-j. ^. i. 317. 



Aldr. anj. i. 181. GroflergepfeilterFalck./'r;/f^. 



Sib. Scot. 15. I. 82. 



Gofhawk, accipiter palumba- Aftore. Zinan 87. 



rius. Wil. a^. 85. Falco palumbarius. Lin.JyJl. 



Rail fyn, av. 18. 130. 



Descrip, 



THE gofhawk is larger than the common 

 buzzard, but of a longer and more elegant 

 form. The bill is blue towards the bafe, black 

 at the tip : the cere a yellowifh green : over each 

 eye is a white line ; and on the fide of the neck is 

 a bed of broken white : the head, hind part of the 

 neck, back and wings are of a deep brown color : 

 the breaft and belly white, beautifully marked with 

 numerous tranfverfe bars of black and white : the 

 tail is long, of a brownifh afh-color, marked with 

 four or five duflcy bars placed remote from each 

 other. 



The legs are yellow : the claw of the back, and 

 that of the inner toe very large and (Irong. 



This fpecies and the fparrow hawk, are diftin- 

 guifhed by Mr. Willughhy by the name of fhort 

 winged hawks, becaufe their wings, when clofed, 

 fall Ihort of the end of the tail. 



The gofhawk was in high efteem among falcon- | 

 ers, and flown at cranes, geefe, pheafants and par- 

 tridges. It breeds in Scotland^ and builds its nefl 



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