Falco Subbuteo major, der Groffe Baumfalke, Alle. Ucb. d. Fog. i. Za/afs. p. 660. 
as 29: Taf.1.—Td. Naturg. Deut/ch. i. 8. 3153 19. 
‘THIS bird, fomewhat. refembles the Hodéy, but is as large as a 
Raven; in length nearly eighteen inches, breadth three feet: the 
bill an, inch and. an half fee horn. colour: cere and legs. yellow: 
iris pale yellow:.head and neck black brown; cheeks black: back 
and wing coverts blackifh blue, crofied with obfolete dull brown, 
afh grey, and reddifh grey bands: chin, fore part of the neck, and 
upper part of the breaft dufky reddifh white, banded with dull brown, 
appearing on the breaft as oval marks: quills blackifh, marked on 
the inner webs with eight or more:pale grey oval fpots; on the. tail 
twelve alternate dull brown and afh grey bands. 
The female almoft one-third bigger than the male, and the colours 
not fo well defined; fhe wants alfo the black on the cheeks, and the 
breaft. and neck are plain fmutty. white. 
This fpecies inhabits the pine forefts of Germany, preying on grous, 
hares, and fmall birds, It may by fome be miftaken for a variety, 
but Mr. Bech/fein affures us that it is a diftinct fpecies. 
Le Gabar, Levaill. Oif. i. p. 136. pl. 33. 
Epervier Gabar, Daadin. Orn ii. p. 87. lvi. 
AFIS is: the fize of the Sparraw-hawk, and the wings, as in that 
bird, do. not reach much beyond the rump: the bird is however 
a trifle ftouter than the Sparrow-hawk, and the tail rather fhorter $ 
the head, neck, and upper part of the body and wings are grey 
brown: upper and lower tail coverts white: quills dufky, banded 
beneath tranfverfely, and the fecondaries tipped with white: tail even, 
banded darker and lighter brown, beneath the fame with black and. 
white: all from the chin to the breaft, the colour is blucifh grey, 
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