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Entire length 17'5 inches ; wing, carpus to tip, 13"5. 

 Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 35. 



169. AsTTJR PALUMBARirs (Linn.). Goshawk. 



The Goshawk appears to be of very rare occurrence in 

 Egypt ; and I know of no record of its having been met with 

 in Nubia. On the 24th of March, 1868, my brother shot a 

 fine female specimen in the sont woods near Benisouef, which 

 has formed the subject of the following description : — 



General colom* of the upper plumage ashy grey ; it has a 

 white eyebrow, finely mottled with dusky ; nape mottled 

 with white ; quills barred with dark brown ; on the tail four 

 distinct bars ; underparts white, closely barred with brown ; 

 cere, legs, and irides yellow ; beak horn-blue. 



Entire length 25 inches; culmen 1'5; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 14*6 ; tarsus 3"5. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 17. 



170. AcciPiTER Nisus (Linn.). Sparrow-Hawk. /^ /^ 



The Sparrow-Hawk is very plentiful throiighout Egypt and 

 Nubia. 



Adult female — Upper surface of the body, including the 

 wings and tail, greyish brown, with a large white patch on 

 the nape ; under sm-face white, the feathers of the throat 

 marked with fine longitudinal streaks ; breast and abdomen 

 thickly barred with dark brown ; tail barred with dusky ; 

 cere, legs, and irides yellow ; beak horn-blue. 



Entire length 14 inches. 



