204 ACCIPITRES. 



have been recorded (Gumey, Diurnal Birds of Prey, p. 115), appears 

 to prove that they are only subspecifically distinct, and that probably 

 the immature examples of the two forms are indistinguishable. 



The Marsh-Harrier is probably a summer visitor to all the Japanese 

 Islands, whence it was first procured by Captain Blakiston from 

 Awomori on Hondo opposite Hakodadi (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1877, p. 144). 

 There are several examples in the Swinhoe collection from Hakodadi, 

 and there are four examples in the Pryer collection from Yokohama. 



The breeding-range of the Marsh-Harrier extends from the British 

 Islands across Europe and Southern Siberia to Japan. 



190. ACCIPITER PALUMBAEIUS. 



(GOSHAWK.) 



Fako palumharim, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 130 (1766). 



The Goshawk measures from 14 to 12 inches in length of wing 

 from carpal joint. In the adult male the upper parts are slate-grey, 

 and the underparts white barred with slate-grey. In the female 

 and young male the upper parts are brown with pale markings, and 

 the underparts pale rufous streaked with brown. 



Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, v. pi. 354 (female adult, and 

 young in first plumage). 



The Goshawk is a resident in all the Japanese Islands. There is 

 an example in the Hakodadi Museum obtained in Yezzo (Blakiston 

 and Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 248), and there are five examples in the 

 Pryer collection from Yokohama.- There is an example in the Paris 

 Museum procured by I'Abb^ Fauire near Awomori in the north of 

 Hondo. 



The range of the Goshawk extends from the British Islands across 

 Europe and Siberia to Japan. 



191. ACCIPITER NISUS. 

 (COMMON SPARROW-HAWK.) 



Falco nisus, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 130 (1766). 

 The Common Sparrow- Hawk varies in length of wing (from carpal 



