30 RAPTORES. ASTUR. Goshawk. 



trained to the pursuit of grouse, pheasants, wild geese, 

 herons, &c. Although it is nearly equal in size to the Jer- 

 Falcon, yet the shortness of its wings, and its general con- 

 tour, readily distinguish it from that species, in all its stages 

 of plumage. 



The Goshawk is very common in France, as well as in 

 Germany, Switzerland, and Russia. 



In Holland it is rare. The " Falcon gentil^ from its 

 description, must be referred to this species. 



Plate 12. Represents an adult male, in the natural size, 

 drawn from a specimen in the possession of Sir William 

 Jardine, Bart. 

 General -^iH bluish-grey, darkest at the tip. Cere wax-yellow. Irides 

 descrip- bright gamboge-yellow. Crown of the head dark clove- 



Adult male brown. Over the eye is a streak of white, mixed with 



clove-brown. Ear-coverts streak down the sides of the 

 neck, and the whole of the upper parts, hair-brown; the 

 quills being barred with a darker shade of the same. 

 Tail hair-brown, with five distinct bars of blackish- 

 brown ; the tip being white. Chin and throat white, 

 streaked with hair-brown. Under parts and thighs 

 white, barred transversely with dark hair-brown. 

 Under tail-coverts white. Legs and toes wine or wax yellow. 

 Front of the tarsi scutellated ; the scales being well de- 

 fined, and partly overlapping each other. 

 Claws black ; those of the inner and hind toes very large, 

 and much hooked. 



Plate 12 *. A young male bird, of the natural size. 

 Young Bill bluish-gray, dark towards the tip. Cere lemon-yellow. 



Irides grey. Above the eye, and passing to the occiput, 

 Is a streak of white, intermixed with a few brown specks. 

 The crown of the head, and upper part of the neck 

 reddish-brown, the feathers margined with w^hite. Up- 

 per part of the neck reddish-brown, the feathers mar- 



