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ON SOME SI^ECIES OF Tilt 



P. paium- The female, as is usual in birds of this family- 



barius. . . 



IS larger than the male. Her plumage is brown- 

 er above, and less regularly barred below. The 

 markings on the breast and belly, are more lon- 

 gitudinally disposed. The tail is ash-coloured 

 with dusky bars. . 



The individuals of both sexes in a state of im- 

 maturity, differ from the adults ; but they bear a 

 much nearer resemblance to the females than to 

 the males. 



The following is a description of the Goshawk 

 in its early plumage : Bill lead colour, black at 

 the tip. Cere and irides yellow. Crown of the 

 head blackish-brown, edged with ferruginous. 

 Sides and back of the neck similar, but more 

 pale, and in some specimens marked with yellow- 

 ish-white. The pale streak above the eye is near- 

 ly obselete. Sides of the head greyish-brown, 

 minutely streaked with black. The whole upper 

 parts of the plumage are brown, edged with fer- 

 ruginous. Wing- coverts marked with pale brown 

 or yellowish- white. Primary and secondary quill- 

 feathers greyish-brown, obscurely barred with 

 black ; the latter bordered at their extremities 

 with dirty white ; under parts of the plumage 

 yellowish-white, in some tinged with ferruginous ; 

 each feather being marked down its centre with 

 an elongated blackish-brown spot. 



These markings are minute, and numerous on 

 the throat ; they are fewer in number, larger and 



