GOS-HAWK. 



ACOIPITRES. 



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 FA LCONID.f:. 



AsTUK PALiTMBARius (Liniineus*). 



THE GOS-HAWK. 



Astnr palumhariuii. 



AsTUK, Lacipedef. — Bill short, bending from the base ; cutting edge of the 

 upper mandible produced, fornaing a festoon. Nostrils oval. Wings short, 

 reaching only to the middle of the tail-feathers, the fourth quill-feather the 

 longest. Legs stout, the tarsi covered in front with broad scales. Toes of 

 moderate length, the middle toe somewhat the longest, the lateral toes nearly 

 equal, but the inner claws considerably larger than the outer. 



Inferior in powers to the Falcons, though equal in size to 

 the largest of them, the Gos-Hawk or Goose-Hawk is yet the 



* Falco palttmbarius, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 130 {176fi). 

 t Memoires de I'lnstitut, iii. p. 506 (18nri-1801). 



