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ri FALCON. 



39. ^ <3t)ffi4wk. Gen. Syit, i. p, 58. N" 39. — ^/-iS. Zool. N° 95, 



4-GOSHAWJL Falcopalumbarius, Ma//fr, N-'yo.— Gforfi/Jf/Af, p. 164. 



*~pHE Gojhawk is common in Denmark, all over RuJ/ia, and in 

 Sihiria, about the Lai:^ Baikal : is ufed by the Calmucs in 

 falconry : a variety found fometimes quite white, but it is very 

 rare * ; on the contrary, in Kamtjchalka every individual is white, 

 with hardly any fpots ; and thefe are faid to prove the beft of all 

 for the fport o{ falconry j-. 



The American one feems larger than that o^ Europe ; known at 

 Hudfon's Bay by the name of KomiJIjark-papanafew : it builds a 

 neft in lofty trees, of fticks laid acrofs, lined with Jj^j and fea~ 

 ihers i and lays four white eggs ; the young hatched in the be- 

 ginning of J?^/y ; frequents plains and woods indifferently j is 

 continually on the wing, and a great enemy to the Partridges and 

 other birds J. 



I have feen the Gojhawk in drawings done in China, as well as 

 in thofe from India, and have been affured that it is a native of 

 the laft, where the male is known by the name o{ Bauge. 



The female differs in being fomewhat larger, and paler on the 

 upper parts, marked beneath with oval fpots of dufky black, giv- 

 ing it the appearance of the Gentil Falcon. This fex is called in 

 India, Jurra, The young males are greatly fimilar to the females, 

 and do not attain their full plumage for feveral moults. The 

 young male is called Madge Bauge, and the young female, Mudge 

 Jurra. 

 _ Thefe, among others, are ufed in India iox falconry, 



* Dec. Ruf. iii. p. 303. ' f ■^>'^' ^^0^' t Mr, Kuuhins. 



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