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Young dusky brown skirted with ferruginous ; beneath 

 white lineated with brown; tail with four blackish bands, 

 tipped with white ; length more than one foot and a half. 



Ash-coloured or Black-capped Hawk, Falco atricapillus 

 Wils. Am. Orn. vi. p. no. pi. 5 . fig. 3. very old ; and Young 

 Goshawk, Falco palumbarius, nob. Am. Orn. 2. pi. 10- Jig. 

 i. young. 



Inhabits the north of both continents ; more rare in Ame- 

 rica. 



13. Falco pennsylvanicus, Wils. Dark brown ; head streak- 

 ed with whitish ; beneath white thickly spotted on the breast 

 with brown arrow heads ; tail short, black, with two bars of 

 white and tipped with whitish ; cere and feet yellow. 



Broad-ivinged Hawk, Falco pennsylvanicus, (F. latissimus 

 in Mr. Ord's reprint) Wils. Am. Orn. vi. p. 92. pi. 54. Jig. 

 1. male. 



Inhabits the United States, exceedingly rare. 



f f Tarsi long, slender, smooth. 



Accipitres, Sparvii, Eperviers, auct. 



14. Falco velox, Wils. (1.) Slate colour, beneath white, barred 

 with ferruginous ; tail with four broad bands of black, 

 and tipped with whitish ; cere dull green ; irides and feet 

 orange. 



Young dark brown skirted with ferruginous ; beneath white 

 with oblong ferruginous spots ; length about one foot. 



Slate-coloured Hawk, Falco pennsylvanicus, Wds. Am. Orn* 

 vi. p. \s. pi. 46. Jig. \. adult male; and Sharp-shinned Hawk, 

 Falco velox, Wils. Am. Orn. v. p. 11 6. pi. 45. fig. 1. young 

 female. 



Inhabits all parts of North America : common in New- 

 Jersey and Pennsylvania, though rare in the time of Wilson, 



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