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FALCONID.E, 



RAPT ORES. 



FALCON ID £. 



THE SPARROW-HAWK. 



Falco nisits, 



Buteo ,, 



AccipiterfringiUarius, 

 " »» 



Falco iiisiis.) 



Sparrow-Huivk, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 249. 



,, Montagu, Ornith. Diet. 



,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 44. 



,, Flem. Brit. An. p. 55. 



,, Selbv, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 32. 



,, Jenvns, Brit. Vert. p. 85. 



,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. v. 



L'Epervier, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 56. 



AcciPiTER. Generic Characters. — Beak bending from the base, short, com- 

 pressed, superior ridge rounded and narrow, cutting- margin of the upper man- 

 dible with a distinct festoon. Nostrils oval. Wings short; the fourth and 

 fifth quill-feathers nearly equal in length, and the longest. Legs long, slender, 

 and smooth. Toes long and slender, the middle toe particularly, the claws 

 curved and sharp. 



