HR 9; ae 
184 GOSHAWK. Crass II, 
gz. Gos- Autour. Belon av. 112. mea: Aftur. Briffon au. 
HAWK. Gefner av. 5. | 
Aldr. av, i. 181. Groflér gepfcler alck. Frifch. 
S26. Scot. 15. I. 
Gofhawk, accipiter palumba- ade gn 87. 
rius. Wil. av. 8 Gs Falco palumbarius. Lin. fpf. 
Raii fyn. av. 18. 130. 
Descrip. HE gofhawk is larger than the common 
buzzard, but of a longer and more elegant 
form. The bill is blue towards the bafe, black 
at the tip: the cere a yellowifh green: over each 
eye is a white line; and on the fide of the neck is. 
a bed of broken white: the head, hind part of the 
neck, back and wings are of a deep brown color: 
the breaft and belly white, beautifully marked with 
numerous tranfverfe bars of black and white: the 
tail is long, of a brownifh afh-color, marked with 
four or five dufky bars placed remote from each 
other. 
The legs are yellow: the claw of the back, and 
that of the inner toe very large and ftrong. 
This fpecies and the fparrow hawk, are diftin- 
suifhed by Mr. Willughby by the name of fhort 
winged hawks, becaufe their wings, when clofed, 
fall fhort of the end of the tail. 
The gofhawk was in high efteem among falcon~ 
ers, and flown at cranes, geefe, pheafants and par-— 
tridges. It breeds in Scotland, and builds its neft 
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