BRITISH BIRDS. 



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accustomel to pre}-. The upper parts are dark brown, 



lighter on the wings and tail, which last is crossed by four 



broad black bands. The cheeks and sides of the neck are 



chestnut, and the lower parts 



white, tinged with grey and 



marked with wavy brown lines. 



The bill is slate blue, and the 



cere and long legs yellow. The 



male weighs from 5 to G ounces, 



and measures Hi inches in 



total length, while the female 



weighs about 9 ounces, and 



measures from 14 to 16 inches 



in length. Both sexes vary a 



good deal in appearance, the 



female having more or less 



white about the head. 



Goshawk. — Unlike the last, 

 which is resident, or was, the 

 goshawk can only be called an 

 occasional visitor to Britain. Its general colour is dark 

 slate colour above, and whitish grey on the under surface, 

 which is thickly marked with butterfly marks of a grey 

 colour. The cere, legs, and feet, and the eyes are yellow. 

 The female is much larger than the male, but otherwise 

 closely resembles him. Length, nearly 2 feet; male, 1 foot 

 9 or 10 inches. 



Peregrine Falcon. — Head bluish, greyish, or brownish 

 black ; neck blackish behind and white in front, sometimes 

 with and sometimes without spots ; back deep slate colour, 

 more or less barred with blackish grey, the bars becoming 

 narrower with age. The female is considerably larger than 

 the male, and is darker in colour. She measures about 23 

 inches in full length, while the length of the male is 19 



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