FALCO NISUS 
SPARROW-HAWK. 
Generic Character. See Falco Chryscetos, 
Palco Msus; supra griseo-fuscus, subtus albidiis 
fusco undulatus, cauda nigro faciata, apice 
alba. 
Sparrow-Hawk. Above greyish brown; beneath 
whitish, undulated with brown bars ; tail 
barred with black, and white at the tip. 
Falco Nisus. Lin, Si/st v. 1. p. 130. GmeL Syst. 
V. 1. p. 280. Lath. Ind. Om. v. 1. p. 44. 
Accipiter Fringillarius. Raii Syn. p. 18. 
L'Epervier. BrissonAv. v. 1. p. 310. Buff. Hist. 
d'Ois. V. 1. p. 225. lb PL Enl 467. 
Temm. Man. d'Orn. ed, 2. p. 56. 
Sparrow-Hawk. Br. Zool. 8vo. ed. v. I, p. 249. 
ArcL Zodl. v- 2^ p. 226. Lewin Br. Birds^ 
V. 1. 1. 20. Lath. Syn, v. 1. p. 99. White 
Hist. Selborne, vA. p. 187. Mont. Orn. 
Diet lb. Sup. Bewick's Br. Birds, pt. 1. 
p. 6io Low Fauna Orcadensis, p. 38. 
Gen. Zool. v. 7. p. 187. Selby's Illustra- 
tions of Br. Orn. pi xiii. xiii.* 
Ego. Ovarium Brit. pt. 
This is one of the most injurious of our native Hawksy 
committing its depredations in the most daring manner; it is 
the dread of the poultry-yard, as it often will destroy and 
carry off a whole brood ; its motions are exceedingly rapid, 
it watches an opportunity, and the instant a chick is observed 
