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The Sparrow-Hawk Accipiter Fringillarius; ^^ ^^-^ 



Numb. V. 



ITS Length from the point of the Bill to the end of the Tail is 13 

 Inches, its Breadth when the Wings are extended, i Feet, Weight j 

 Ounces; its Beak is fhort, hooked, bluifh, and black towards the Point; 

 the Bafis of the upper Chap is covered with a yellowifli green Skin, ha- 

 ving an angular Appendix or Tooth on each fide the Noftril. The 

 Noftrils are oblong, the Palate blue, the Tongue thick, black and a little 

 cleft; the Eyes of a mean Size, /r/<//j yellow, the Brows prominent; the 

 Crown of the Head, upper fide of the Neck, Back, Shoulders and Wings, 

 are of a dark brown, fpotted with darker Spots of the fame Colour ; the 

 under fide, viz. the Neck, Breafl, Belly and Sides are of a yellow Colour, 

 with indented Marks of brown crofUng the whole Breafl and Belly of the 

 Bird ; the Feathers under the Chin are of a pale RufTet, inclining to white, 

 fpotted on their middle Parts towards the Tip with brown. 



The Wings, when clofed, fcarce reach to the middle of the Train ; the 

 quill Feathers are in Number 18, the interior Vanes light red, with five 

 fcallop Bars of black; the out Vanes are of a dark brown or hair Colour; 

 the under fide of the Wings, with the Coverts, all light red, with black 

 indented Bars a-crofs each Feather. 



The Tail is made of 1 1 Feathers, 6 Inches and a half long, of a dark 

 brown Colour, with tranfverfe Bars of black ; the Thighs are ftrong and 

 flefhy, as in all Birds of Prey ; the Legs long, flender and yellowifh, reach- 

 ing to the end of the Train ; the Toes long, Claws crooked and black : 

 The Food of this Hawk is only Birds, he never touching Beetles or other 

 Infe6l ; it is a bold courageous Bird, and frequently train'd up and made 

 for Hawking : They are often taken in the Nets by the Bird-catchers, when 

 they come down to ftrike at their Brace-birds. 



They lay five white Eggs, fpotted near the blunt end with a Circle, as 

 it were a Coronet, of blood-red Specks. x 



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