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and fifty m the expanse of the wings. Its range extends over a great part 
of South America, from Venezuela to Paraguay. It builds generaily on tne 

tops of trees, but sometimes ina bushy thicket. It feeds on almost every 
sort of living creature. 
THE GOSHAWK. 

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

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1 Falco palumbarius, Lin. 
