178 FALCONINiE. 



with the upper parts and tail light-red, spotted and barred 

 with black. 



GENUS IX. ACCIPITER. HAWK. 



Bill short, robust, with the upper outline sloping and nearly- 

 straight to the edge of the cere, then decurved, its sides con- 

 vex, the edges with a prominent festoon ; nostrils elliptical, 

 oblique ; head of moderate size, roundish ; feet of moderate 

 length ; tarsi moderate or rather long, slender, feathered for 

 at least a third, broadly scutellate before and behind ; claws 

 long, well-curved ; wings of moderate length, very broad, much 

 rounded, the fourth and fifth quills longest ; tail long, rounded, 

 much exceeding the wings. 



1. Accipiter Palumharius. Goshawk. Male dark bluish-grey 

 above, with the head greyish-black, the lower parts white, 

 narrowly barred with grey. Female greyish-brown above, 

 beneath like the male. Young brown above, with the head 

 and neck pale red, streaked with dusky, the lower parts yel- 

 lowish-white, with longitudinal dusky spots. 



2. Accipiter Nisus. Bparroio Hmvk. Male dark bluish-grey 

 above, reddish- white, with transverse bars of yellowish-red 

 beneath. Female greyish-brown above, beneath greyish-white, 

 barred with dark-grey. 



GENUS X. CIRCUS. HARRIER. 



Bill short, compressed, attenuated, with the dorsal line slop- 

 ing to beyond the cere, then decurved, the sides sloping, the 

 edge with a slight festoon ; nostrils large, ovato-oblong, with 

 an oblique ridge ; head oblong, of moderate size ; legs long, 

 slender ; tarsi long, compressed, scutellate before and behind ; 

 claws long, slender, moderately curved, flat beneath ; plumage 

 very soft ; a distinct ruff from behind the eye to the chin ; 

 wings long, much rounded, the fourth quill longest ; tail long, 

 slightly rounded ; quills and tail-feathers downy as in owls. 



1 . Circus cyaneus. Ring-tailed Harrier. Tail about two 

 inches longer than the wings. Male light bluish-grey. Female 

 brown above, light yellowish-red Avith brown streaks beneath. 



