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common in this country, and though much persecuted 
by gamekeepers, who dread its ravages amongst young 
pheasants, is still far from being rare. 
The Norwich Museum contains several very scarce 
species comprised in this genus, one of which, Acce- 
piter brutus, is remarkable as having been hitherto 
only found in the small island of Mayotta, which lies 
to the north-west of Madagascar. The specimen of 
this Hawk, which is in the Norwich Museum, is 
believed to be the only one existing in this country. 
The following rare species of this genus have been 
figured from specimens in the Norwich Museum, viz., 
Accipiter stevensoni, from China, in the “Ibis” for 
1863; A. francesit, from Madagascar, in the “ Ibis” 
for 1864; A. collaris, from Tropical America, in the 
“Ibis” for 1860; and A. guttatus and A. ventralis 
from the same region, in Sclater and Salvin’s Exotic 
Ornithology. 
The genus Accipiter is followed by Lophospiza, a 
restricted genus, composed of two, or according to 
some authors, three species, natives of South Eastern 
Asia, and the adjoining islands. 
To this succeeds the genus Astwr, of which the 
typical species is the European Goshawk, Astur 
palumbarius, a noble bird of great power and courage, 
which is found in most parts of Europe, and in many 
countries of temperate Asia, as well as in some parts 
of Northern Africa. It is arare bird in Great Britain, 
but was probably more abundant in this country 
