160 GOSHAWK. 



upwards ; the base of the inner webs is nearly 

 white, clouded with hair brown ; a streak over 

 the eye, cheeks, and lower parts, white ; on the 

 eye streak, cheeks, throat, and sides of the neck, 

 streaked along the centre of the feathers with 

 clove brown ; on the throat, belly, and flanks, 

 broadly barred \vith the same colour, the shafts 

 of each feather being of the same tint ; the plumes 

 of the vent and thighs have the barrs narrower 

 and of a paler tint ; the under tail coverts are pure 

 white ; the tarsi and toes are yellow ; the claws 

 black, sharp, and polished. 



The young of the year have the markings of 

 the lower surface of the body disposed longitudi- 

 nally instead of across. A young female, now 

 before us, has the back, wings, and tail, hair 

 brown, but of a browner or ruddier tint than in 

 the adult ; the feathers tipped with yellowisn 

 white, and with the base pale, clouded with the 

 general brown colour ; the intervals between the 

 bars of the tail are paler and more clouded, and a 

 pale line generally separates the dark bar from 

 the lighter space between ; the head and back of 

 the neck is buff orange, having the centre of each 

 feather broadly marked with umber brown ; the 

 under parts are rich cream yellow, palest on the 

 throat and neck, and having the centre of each 

 feather reddish umber brown, the shaft darker, 

 forming a series of broad, well marked, longitudi- 



