AVES— HAWK. 



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and fifty in the expanse of the wings. Its range extends over a great part 

 of South America, from Venezuela to Paraguay. ' It builds generally on the 



tops of trees, but sometimes in a bushy thicket. It feeds on almost every 

 sort of living creature. % 



THE GOSHAWK. 1 



This bird is somewhat longer than the buzzard, but more slender and 

 beautiful, and is one foot ten inches in length. Its bill is blue, tipped with 

 black ; the cere green ; the eyes yellow ; over each eye there is a whitish 

 line ; the head and all the upper parts of the body are of a deep brown color; 

 and each side of the neck is irregularly marked with white ; the breast and 



^ Falco palumbarius, Lin. 



