t250 SPARROW HAWK. Class TI. 



t^'ith a rusty red : the quil feathers are 

 dusky, barred with black on their exterior v/ebs, 



<3U f and spotted with white on the lower part of 



"'■ their inner webs : the tail is of a deep ash color 



marked with five broad black bars, the tip 



.. . white : the breast and belly are of a W'liitish 



,:; '.. yellow, adorned with transverse waved bars ; in 



some of a deep brown color, in others orange. 



The cere, irides, and legs yellow. The colors 



Female, of the female differ from those of the male: the 

 head is of a deep brown ; the back, and co- 

 yerts of the vdngs, are dusky mixed with dove 

 color ; the coverts of the tail of a brighter dove 

 color ; the waved lines which cross the breast, 

 are more numerous than those on that of the 

 male ; and the breast itself of a purer white. ^ , 



Masmeks. . This is the most pernicious haAvk we have ; 

 and makes great havoke among pigeons, as well 

 as partridges. It builds in hollow trees, in old 

 nests of crows, large ruins, and high rocks : lays 



-- : .: four white eggs, encircled near the blunter end 

 .with red specks. Mr. IVillughbij places this 

 among the short- winged hawks ; or such whose 

 wings, when closed, fall short of the end of the 

 toil. 



,^ " The sparrow hawk, as well as the hobby, 

 iwas formerly used in Falconry. A beautiful 

 Variety, wholly white, is in the collection of 

 General Daxues''' J. L. 



