SPARROW-HAWK. Accipiter nisus. 



Resident. Breeds across Europe and Asia south o£ the Arctic Circle 

 (in Norway to lat. 69°)^ wintering in the basin of the Mediterranean, 

 India (where a few breed in tlie Himalayas), Burma, China, and Japan. 



GOSHAWK. Accipiter palumbarius. 



Rare winter visitor ; formerly breeding in Scotland, accidental in 

 Ireland. Breeds across Europe and Asia nearly as far north as the limit 

 of forest-growth ; wintering in the Tropics. 



AMERICAN GOSHAWK. Accipiter atricapillus, 



Accidental visitor; three British records (two Irish, one Scotch). 

 Breeds across Arctic America and the Northern States, migrating south- 

 wards in autumn from the extreme north of its range. 



Family PANDIONIDv^l. 



OSPREY. Pandion haliaetus. 



Spring and autumn migrant ; very rare in Ireland, a few breeding in 

 Scotland. Breeds across Europe, Asia, and America nearly as far north 

 as the limit of forest-growth. Resident in the subtropical parts of those 

 continents, and winter visitor to the Tropics. 



Suborder HERODIONES. 



Family ARDEID^. 

 COMMON HERON. Ardea cinerea. 



Resident. Summer visitor to Europe south of lat. 65° and temperate 

 Asia south of 55°. Resident in most parts of Africa and tropical Asia. 

 Winter visitor to Java and Australia. 



PURPLE HERON. Ardea purpurea. 



Accidental visitor; about fifty records (only two Scotch and only 

 one Irish). Resident in most parts of Africa, Sicily, Palestine, Persia, 

 Turkestan, India, Ceylon, and Burma. Summer visitor to Central and 

 Southern Europe and China. Winter visitor to the Malay Archipelago. 



