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RAPTORES. FALCONID. 
THE SPARROW-HAWK. 
Accipiter nisus. 
Falco nisus, Sparrow Hawk, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 249. 
” ” Sp Monracu, Ornith. Dict. 
» 8S 5 Bewicx, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 44. 
Buteo ,, ) Fiem. Brit. An. p. 55. 
Accipiter fringillarius, . SeLsy, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 32. 
” ” 2 Jenyws, Brit Vert. p. 85. 
” ” o5 GouLp, Birds of Europe, pt. v. 
Falco nisus, LP? Epervier, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. vol. i. p. 56. 
AccirrrER. Generic Characters. —Beak bending from the base, short, com- 
pressed, superior ridge rounded and narrow, cutting margin of the upper mandible 
with a distinct festoon. Nostrils oval. Wings short; the fourth and fifth 
quill-feathers nearly equal in length, and the longest. Legs long, slender, and 
smooth. Toes long and slender, the middle toe particularly, the claws curved 
and sharp. 
Tue Sparrow-Hawk is another short-winged Hawk, 
but of small comparative size, in its habits very similar to 
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