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ACCIPITRINjE — HAWKS. 
The sub-typical, or accipitrine section, known 
popularly as “ Hawks,” and of which the Gos 
and Sparrow-hawks are examples, have the form 
more slender, the bill with the tooth assuming 
the form of a projecting lobe or festoon ; the 
wings more rounded and shorter, and when 
assisted by the ample tail are better adapted for a 
gliding or flitting progress, than for the rushing 
flight of the Falcons ; the feet and legs are longer, 
and less muscular. The habits of the birds con- 
stituting this group are more decidedly sylvan, 
wooded countries and extensive forests being 
their principal haunts. Their breeding places 
are selected on trees, generally of a large size, 
and are not often placed on bare and precipitous 
rocks. 
The eggs in this group are generally of a white 
or pale ground colour, the markings very decided 
blotches of deep or rich brown. See pi. II. fig. 3, 
