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are not quite sure that they will ultimately bear 

 separation. We shall place Accipiter first, as 

 representing the section. 



Sparrow-Hawk. 



ACCIPITER, generic character. Bill curved 

 from the base, compressed ; mandible with a 

 distinct obtuse lobe or festoon ; nostrils 

 oval ; wings short, rounded, fourth and fifth 

 leathers longest ; first, with the inner web 

 notched ; next four, with both webs emargi- 

 nated ; tarsi and feet slender, lengthened, 

 scutelated in front with thin and smooth 

 scales, closely united to each other ; toes, 

 with the middle longer than the outer by 

 one joint, than the inner by two ; hallux and 

 inner toes equal ; claws rather slender, but 

 sharp and hooked ; those of the hind and 

 inner toes longest and strong, 



Note. Cosmopolite, habits sylvan, strike their 

 prey on the ground, occasionally on the wing, 



