I40 G O S H A W K, Chfs 11. 



X. The GOSHAWK, r^^. 5. 



Autour. Beion av. l 12. Railfyn. a'v. 18. 



Gefner an). 5. L'Aucour, Aftur. Brijfon av. I. 

 AJdr.av. i. 181. 5517. 



Sil>. Scot. i^. Adore. Zifzan. 8j. 



Gofhawk.accipiterpalumbarius. Falcopalumbarius. £/«._/y/?. 130. 

 Wi/. orn. 85. 



De cr. ^— |—A^£ gofnawk ts larger than the common buz- 

 _j_ zard, but of a longer and more elegant form. 

 The bill is blue towards the bafe, black at the tip : 

 the cere a yellowiih 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 

 v/mo-s are of a deep brown color : the bread and bel- 

 ly white, beautifully marked with numerous tranf- 

 verfe bars of black and white : the tail is long, of a 

 brownifh afn color, marked with four or five dufky 

 bars placed remote from each other. 



This fpecies and the fparrow hawk, are diftin- 

 ouilhed by Mr. IVillcughhy by the name of fhorr 

 winged hawks, becaufe their wings, when clofed., fall 

 fhort of the end of the taiL 



The gofhawk was in high efleem among falconers, 

 and Hown at cranes, geefe, pheafants and partridges. 



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