RAPTORES. 



GOSHAWK. 



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FALCONIDjE. 



THE GOSHAWK. 



Falco palumbarius, The Goshaivk, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 225. 



„ ,, ,, Montagu, Ornith. Diet. 



„ ,, ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 28. 



Buteo ,, ,, Fleming, Brit. An. p. 54. 



Astur ,, ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 29. 



Accipiter „ ,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. An. p. 85. 



Astur ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. vii. 



Falco ,, UA^ttour, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 55. 



Astur. Generic Characters. — Bill short, bending from the base ; cutting 

 edge of the upper mandible produced, forming 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 the longest, the lateral toes 

 nearly equal. 



