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top of the head and nape of the neck whitish, streaked 

 with dark brown, the feathers elongated. The whole 

 of the upper surface of the body and wings dark brown ; 

 the ends of the wing-primaries black ; the upper surface 

 of the feathers of the tail waved with two shades of 

 brown ; the chin and throat white ; across the upper part 

 of the breast a few feathers tinged with light brown, 

 forming a band. The under surface of the body, the 

 thighs, and under tail-coverts, white ; under surface of 

 the wing white at the axilla, brown on the outer edge ; 

 under surface of the wing-primaries dark brown, the shafts 

 white ; under surface of the tail-feathers barred with grey- 

 ish brown on a white ground : the legs and toes blue ; the 

 tarsi reticulated ; the toes partly reticulated, but with a 

 few broad scales near the end ; under surface of the toes 

 covered with short, sharp spines, admirably adapted for 

 holding a smooth and slippery prey : claws long, all of 

 jiearly uniform length, crooked, forming one-third of a 

 circle, sharp, and solid, that is, not grooved underneath ; 

 their colour black. 



The vignette below represents a Hawk's hood. 



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