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of a day’s journey it is not uncommon to meet persons pursuing this 
sport.* 
The birds which form the next family differ from the previous 
in having no teeth in the upper mandible of the bill; their tarsi, 
also, are longer, and their wings shorter. ‘Their flight, too, is both 
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Fig. 275.—Goshawks. Fig. 276.—Common Sparrow-hawk. 
less high and less rapid than that of the falcons proper. They are 
found in all parts of the globe, presenting some slight modifications, 
due to the influence of climate. They generally feed on small birds 
and reptiles, and exceptionally on very small mammals. They are 
divided into Goshawks and Sparrow-hawks. 
There are various species of the Goshawk, one only of which, the 
Common Goshawk, is a native of Europe—all are characterised by 
very strong tarsi. 
* On the plains about Tein Sin I have encountered two or three parties of 
hawkers in a day.—Ep. 
