118 GOSHAWK. 



of a dusky-ferruginous colour, except a few slight 

 dashes of white on the breast. Said to be a native 

 of Newfoundland . 



GOSHAWK. 



Falco palumbarius. F. fuscus fascia superciliari alba, suhius 



albus lineis transversis fuscis. 

 Brown Falcon with white superciliary stripe j beneath white/ 



with transverse bK)wn lines. 

 Falco palumbarius. F, cera nigra margine pedibusque flams, 



corporefusco, redricibus fasciis pallidis, super ciliis albis. Lin, 



Syst, Nat, 



Accipiter palumbarius. Rait, syn. Goshawk. Will, nrn, 

 L'Autour. Bvff, ois. 1. p, 230. pi 12. (Young,) P/. Enl 

 4] 8. (full grown.) 



Size similar to that of the Jerfalcon: general 

 length nearly two feet: colour above deep brown, 

 beneath white, marked with numerous transverse 

 blackish bars ; but, in the younger or less advanced 

 specimens, with oblong or lengthened spots : the 

 feathers on the thighs, as in most other Falconsjy 

 a,re long and large, and the tail, which considerablj|l 

 exceeds the length of the wings when closed, is of 

 a brownish ash-colour, with five moderately broad, 

 distant, dusky bars : the bill is blueish, the legs 

 yellow, and the feet furnished with very strong 

 claws, particularly on the back toe. The whole 

 bird is of an elegant form, and by the old Falconers 

 was considered as the chief of the short-winged 

 Hawks, or such whose wings when closed do not 



