32 RAPACES. FAECO. Hawks. 
Hee By falconers, it was considered to be the best and most 
courageous of the short-winged hawks, and was accordingly 
trained to the pursuit of grouse, pheasants, wild geese, he- 
rons, &c. Although it is nearly equal in size to the Jer Fal- 
con, yet the shortness of its wings, and its general contour, 
readily distinguish it from that species, in all its stages of 
plumage. 
The Goshawk is very common in France, as well as in 
Germany, Switzerland, and Russia. 
In Holland it is rare. The ‘ Falcon gentil,” from its de- 
scription, must be referred to this species. 
Piate 12, Represents an adult male, in the natural size, 
drawn from a specimen in the possession of Sir W1LL1am 
JARDINE, Bart. 
General Bill bluish-grey, darkest at the tip. Cere wax-yellow. Irides 
pad bright gamboge-yellow. Crown of the head dark clove- — 
spol male brown. Over the eye is a streak of white, mixed with 
1rd. 
clove-brown. Ear-coverts, streak down the sides of the 
neck, and the whole of the upper parts, hair-brown ; the 
quills bemg barred with a darker shade of the same. 
Tail hair-brown, with five distinct bars of blackish- 
brown; the tip being white. Chin and throat white, 
streaked with hair-brown. Under parts and thighs 
white, barred transversely with dark hair-brown. 
Under tail-coyerts white. Legs and toes wine or wax-yellow. 
Claws black; those of the inner and hind toes very large, 
and much hooked. 
Pirate 12 *. A young male bird, of the natural size. 
General Bill bluish-grey, dark towards the tip. Cere lemon-yellow. 
EL Irides grey. Above the eye, and passing to the occiput, 
Young is a streak of white, intermixed with a few brown specks. 
male bird. 
The crown of the head, and upper part of the neck, 
reddish-brown, the feathers margined with white. Up- 
