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per part of the neck reddish brown, the feathers mar- 
gined with white. Upper parts of the body liver-brown, 
the feathers margined paler. Under parts reddish white, 
with long lanceolate streaks of blackish brown, occupy- 
ing the centres of the feathers. Tail liver-brown, with 
four bars of blackish brown; the tip white. Tarsi and 
toes lemon-yellow. Claws black. 
White varieties of the Goshawk have been sometimes met Varieties. 
with. 
~ Sparrow-Hawk.—Falco Nisus, Linn. 
PLATES 13. and 13 *. 
Falco Nisus, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 131. 31.—Fauna Suec. No. 69.—Gmmel. Syst. 1. 
p- 280. 31.—Lath. Ind. Ornith. 1. p. 44. 107.—Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 
1. p. 25.—Muller, No. 71. 
Accipiter Fringillarius, Rati, Syn. p. 18. A. 2.—Will. p. 51. t. 5. 
L’Epervier, Buff: Ois. v. 1. p. 225.—Id. Pl. Enl. 467. and 412.-Temm. Man. 
d’Ornith. 1. p. 56. 2. 
Die Sperber, Bechst. Tasschenb. Deut. 1. p. 29. 
Sparrow Hawk, Br. Zool. 1. No. 62.—I0. fol. t. A. 10. A. 11.—Arct. Zool. 
2. p. 226. N.—Lath. Syn. 1. p. 99. 85.—J6. Suppl. p. 26.—Lewin’s Br. 
Birds, 1. t. 20.—Haye’s Br. Birds, t. 3.— Will. (Ang.) p. 86.—Mont. Or- 
nith. Dict.—Bewick’s Br. Birds, 1. 27.—Shaw’s Zool. 7. 187.—Low’s Fau. 
Orcad. p. 38.—Pult. Cat. Dorset- 
This destructive and well known species is remarkable for 
the great difference in size between the male and female, the Size. 
former seldom measuring twelve inches in length, whilst the 
latter often exceeds fifteen inches. It is one of the boldest of 
its genus, and the female, from her superior size, 1s a fatal 
enemy te partridges and other game, as well as pigeons.—It 
flies low, skimming over the ground with great swiftness, Flight. 
and pounces its prey upon the wing with unerring aim. The 
force of its stroke is such as generally to kill, and sometimes 
_ even to force out the entrails of its victim. 
It is common in most parts of the kingdom, but particu- Locality. 
larly frequents the lower grounds, and well wooded inclo- 
sures.—It builds in low trees, or thorn bushes, forming a Nest, &c. 
shallow and flat nest, composed of slender twigs, and very si- 
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