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times fly off to a great distance, but invariably re- 
turned. 
27. “ It would site by and caress him at dinner, 
and follow him when he was on horseback. It had 
a remarkable antipathy to wigs, and particularly to 
red caps, which it never failed to snatch from the 
wearers, and deposit in a very high tree, that served 
as a store-house for its plunder.” 
28. The Goshawk is one of the largest of the 
hawk kind, and is found in the northern parts of 
Europe, Asia, and North America. The head and 
upper parts of the body are of a deep brown ; the 
lower parts white, with wavy lines of black ; the legs 
are yellow, and the claws black. The tail is longer 
than the wings. 
29. This, as well as other kinds of hawks, is a 
bird of prey. It feeds on mice and small birds, and 
eagerly devours raw flesh ; it plucks the birds very 
neatly, and tears them in pieces before it eats them, 
but swallows the pieces entire. 
Where is the Goshawk found ? Describe it. What does it feed 
upon ? 
THE GOSHAWK, 
