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days of falconry, and was used not only to 
take partridges and pheasants, but also larger 
fowl, as geese and cranes, and sometimes 
for rabbits. 
The Goshawk takes its prey near the 
ground, and has great speed for a short 
distance. If its game take refuge, it waits 
patiently on an adjacent tree, or stone, until 
the former, pressed by hunger, is induced to 
move; and the hawk being capable of 
greater abstinence, generally succeeds in 
taking it. 
The Goshawk is found in Germany and 
Prance, and is common in North America, 
Russia, and Siberia. 
The plate and description of the Gentil 
Falcon, given by Pennant in the British 
Zoology, is evidently a mistake; for it is 
now well known, that the young of the Gos- 
hawk is very different from the adult; and 
we have not the least doubt but the figure 
and description given by Mr. P. is that of 
the Goshawk in its first feathers. 
Our drawing was made from a beautiful 
specimen in the collection of the Rev. G« 
Glover, South Repps. 
