62 
RAPTORES. 
Falco 
by) 
” 
Buteo 
Astur 
Accipiter 
Astur 
Faleo 
palumbarius, 
ASTUR. 
of the upper mandible produced, forming a festoon. Nostrils oval. Wings short, 
reaching only to the middle of the tail-feathers, the fourth quill-feather the longest, 
Legs stout, the tarsi covered in front with broad scales. Toes of moderate length, 
the middle toe the longest, the lateral toes nearly equal. 
” 
bb) 
99 
” 
by) 
% 
eb) 
FALCONID A. 
FALCONID A. 
THE GOSHAWK. 
Astur palumbarius. 
The Goshawk, PENN Brit. Zool. vol. i. p- 225. 
” 
by) 
” 
° 
°° 
9 
LP Autour, 
Monracu, Ornith. Dict. 
Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol i. p. 28. 
FLEMING, Brit. An. p. 54. 
Sexsy, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 29. 
JENYNS, Brit. Vert. An. p. 85. 
Gou tp, Birds of Europe, pt. vi. 
Tremm. Man. d’Ornith. vol. i. p. 55. 
Generic Characters.—Bill short, bending from the base ; cutting edge 
