74 

 RAPTORES. 



FALCONIRffi. 



FALCONIDJ4. 



THE SPARROW-HAWK. 



Accipiter nisus. 



Falco nisus, Sparrow-Hawk, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 249. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 44. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 55. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 32. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 85. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



L'Epervier, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 56. 



Buteo 



A ccipiter fringillarius, 



Falco nisus, 



ACCIPITER. Generic Characters. Beak bending from the base, short, 

 compressed, superior ridge rounded and narrow, cutting margin of the 

 upper mandible with a distinct festoon. Nostrils oval. Wings short; the 

 fourth and fifth quill-feathers nearly equal in length, and the longest. 

 Legs long, slender, and smooth. Toes long and slender, the middle toe 

 particularly, the claws curved and sharp. 



