m GOSHAWK. Class II. 



brown color : the breast and belly white, beau- 

 tifully marked with numerous transverse bars 

 of black and white : the tail is long, of a brown- 

 ish ash-color, marked with four or five dusky 

 bars placed remote from each other. The legs 

 are yellow : the claw of the back, and that of 

 the inner toe very large and strong. 



This species and the sparrow hawk, are di- 

 stinguished by Mr. Willughby by the name of 

 short winged hawks, because their wings, when 

 closed, fall short of the end of the tail. 



The goshawk was in high esteem among fal- 

 coners, and flown at cranes, geese, pheasants 

 and partridges. It breeds in Scotland, and 

 builds its nest in trees ; is very destructive to 

 ijame, and dashes through the woods after its 

 quarry with vast impetuosity ; but if it cannot 

 catch the object of its pursuit,. almost immedi- 

 ately, desists, and perches on a bough till some 

 new game presents itself. 



" The female goshawk, as is usual among 

 the hawk tribe, is much larger than the male. 

 Young birds incline to grey, and have the 

 markings less clearly defined than in the adult. 

 This species is by no means uncommon in 

 America, but is in general larger. I observe it 

 also in drawings from India and China, under 

 the name of Bange or Bair." J. L. 



