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large circular nest of coarse twigs, in which they lay three or four 
nearly pure white eggs. They confine themselves peculiarly 
to the interior of the deep precipitous woody valleys, lying 
close to the snowy peaks. They usually, I am told, select a tree 
of the Birch, Anus Boojputtia, or one of Cupressus Tomentosa 
to build their nests on. 
“ During this period, the birds are very daring, and will readily 
attack a man, attempting to climb up to the nest. In these 
woods, the Moonal Pheasant is very abundant, and no doubt 
affords capital quarry for these Hawks.” 
Of the Goshawk in Europe, Mr. Hewitson, quoting Mr. Hay, 
says that it “ builds its own nest, and if undisturbed in its posses- 
sion, will frequently occupy it for several years, making the 
necessary repairs. It is placed in some high tree on the out- 
skirts of the forest, and is rarely found in the interior, except in 
those parts which are open and free from timber. The eggs are 
three or four, and are frequently hatched by the middle of 
May; they are, for the most part, spotless, but are sometimes 
indistinctly marked with brown.” The one he figures is a 
delicate bluish white, like that of MMicronisus Badius, and 
measures 2°17 by 1°72. 
Mr. Yarrell tells us that “the eggs of the Goshawk are rare, 
the few that I have seen were in size and colour, 2°19 in length 
by 1:69 in breadth, of a pale bluish white, without any spots 
or streaks.” 
Compare the above with what Gould tells us of the nearly 
allied Astur Approximans of Australia. 
“Tts nest is usually built on a large swamp-oak (Casuarina) 
growing on the side of a brook, but I have occasionally met 
with it on the gum trees (Hucalypti) in the forest, at a consider- 
able distance from water ; it is of a large size, and is composed 
of sticks, and lined with gum leaves. ‘he eggs are generally 
three in number, of a bluish white, smeared over with blotches 
of brownish buff; they are one inch and ten lines long, by one 
inch and five lines broad. The nesting season commences in 
August and continues till November.” 
KXaup separates this species under Uraspiza, and the eggs, 
as above described, appear to differ from the typical Astur egg, 
but I have to note that the man who brought the young birds 
from near the Chor, affirmed that he had looked down into the 
nest, from the distance of a few yards, when it contained eggs, 
and that these latter were blotched with brown like those of a 
kite (IM. Govinda), except that the brown was lighter and more 
earthy. 
ee Jerdon lately mentioned to me (in epist.) that “ the 
