









GOSHAWK STRIKING PHEASANT 

 Unlike the true falcons, the short-winged Goshawk hunts ground-haunting quarry, and trusses (holds) to 

 its victim till the latter ceases to struggle, no matter how fierce and rough the tussle may be. It kills by the 

 vice-like squeeze of its piercing talons, instead of by the terrific blow of the half-open foot, as do the true 

 falcons. " Red Queen," a famous goshawk of the " Old Hawking Club," had an authentic record of six- 

 teen hares out of seventeen struck in a single morning. 



