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RAPTORES. 



FALCONIDJE. 



FALCON I DM. 



THE GOSHAWK. 



Astur palumbarius. 



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



Buteo 



Astur 



Accipiter 



Astur 



Falco 



ISAutour, 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

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

 FLEMING, Brit. An. p. 54. 

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

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

 GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. vii. 

 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 scales. Toes of moderate length, 

 the middle toe the longest, the lateral toes nearly equal. 



