GOSHAWK. 



RAPTORES. 



FALCONID^E. 



THE GOSHAWK. 



Astur palumbarius. 



Falco palumbarius, The Goshawk, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 225. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 28. 



Buteo FLEMING, Brit. An. p. 54. 



Astur SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 29. 



Actipiter JENYNS, Brit. Vert. An. p. 85. 



Astur GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Falco L'Autour, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 55. 



ASTUR. Generic Characters. Bill short, bending from the base ; cutting 

 edge of the upper mandible produced, forming a festoon. Nostrils oval. 

 Wings short, reaching only to the middle of the tail-feathers, the fourth 

 quill-feather the longest. Legs stout, the tarsi covered in front with broad 



