GOSHAWK. 61 



bands of dark brown and four bands of lighter brown, the 

 ends of all the feathers white ; wing-primaries dark brown, 

 barred with two shades of brown on the inner webs ; the 

 chin, throat, breast, and belly, greyish white, each feather 

 with a central elongated patch of dark brown ; thighs and 

 under tail-coverts with a dark brown longitudinal streak, 

 instead of a broad patch ; under surface of the wings grey- 

 ish white, with transverse dusky bars ; under surface of the 

 tail-feathers greyish white, with five darker greyish brown 

 transverse bars, the tips of all the feathers white ; legs 

 and toes yellow brown ; the claws black, those of the inner 

 toe considerably larger than those of the outer. 



Bewick, in his excellent work on British Birds, having 

 figured an adult Goshawk, a young bird was chosen for the 

 illustration here given. 



