RED-TAILED HAWK. 
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figure and account of the Goshawk, given by the ingenious Mr. Bewick 
(Brit. Birds, v. i., p. 65), I have very little doubt that the present will 
be found to be the same. 
The Goshawk inhabits France and Germany ; is not very common in 
South Britain, but more frequent in the northern parts of the island, 
and is found in Russia and Siberia. BufFon, who reared two young 
birds of this kind, a male and female, observes, that " the Goshawk 
before it has shed its feathers, that is, in its first year, is marked on the 
breast and belly with longitudinal brown spots ; but after it has had 
two uioultings they disappear, and their place is occupied by transverse 
waving bars, which continue during the rest of its life;" he also takes 
notice, that though the male was much smaller than the female, it was 
fiercer and more vicious. 
Pennant informs us that the Goshawk is used by the emperor of China 
in his sporting excursions, when he is usualh^ attended by his grand 
falconer, and a thousand of inferior rank. Every bird has a silver 
jjlate fastened to its foot, with the name of the falconer who has the 
charge of it, that in case it should be lost, it may be restored to the 
proper person ; but if he should not be found, the bird is delivered to 
another oificer, called the guaixlian of lost birds, who, to make his 
situation known, erects his standard in a conspicuous place among the 
army of hunters. The same writer informs us, that he examined in 
the Leverian museum, a specimen of the Goshawk which came from 
America, and which was superior in size to the European. 
Species VIII. FALCO BOREALIS. 
E ED-TAILED HAWK. 
[Plate LII. Fig. 1.] 
Arct. Zool. p. 205, No. 100. — American Bvzzurd, Lath, i., 50. — Turt. Syst. p. L51. 
— F.Aqulliaus, cauda fcrruginea, Great Eagle Hawk, Bartram, p. 2'JO. 
The figure of this bird, and those of the other two Hawks in the 
same plate, are reduced to exactly half the dimensions of the living 
subjects. These representations are offered to the public with a con- 
fidence in their fidelity; ]mt these, I am sorry to say, are almost all I 
have. to give toAvards elucidating their history. Birds naturally thinly 
dispersed over a vast extent of country, retiring during summer to the 
depth of the forests to breed, approaching the habitations of man, like 
other thieves and plunderers, with shy and cautious jealousy, seldom 
permitting a near advance, subject to great changes of plumage, and. 
