SPARROW-HAWK. 



RAPTORES. 



FALCONIDM. 



THE SPARROW-HAWK. 



Accipiter nisus. 



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



n 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, pt. v. 



ISEpervier, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 56. 



Duteo 



Accipiter fringillarius, 



Falco nisus, 



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

 pressed, 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. 



THE SPARROW-HAWK is another short -winged Hawk, 

 but of small comparative size, in its habits very similar to 



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