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GOSHAWK. 
upwards ; the base of the inner webs is nearly 
white, clouded with hair brown ; a streak over 
the eye, cheeks, and lower parts, white ; on the 
eye streak, cheeks, throat, and sides of the neck, 
streaked along the centre of the feathers with 
clove brown ; on the throat, belly, and flanks, 
broadly barred with the same colour, the shafts 
of each feather being of the same tint ; the plumes 
of the vent and thighs have the barrs narrower 
and of a paler tint ; the under tail coverts are pure 
white ; the tarsi and toes are yellow ; the claws 
black, sharp, and polished. 
The young of the year have the markings of 
the lower surface of the body disposed longitudi- 
nally instead of across. A young female, now 
before us, has the back, wings, and tail, hair 
brown, but of a browner or ruddier tint than in 
the adult ; the feathers tipped with yellowisn 
white, and with the base pale, clouded with the 
general brown colour ; the intervals between the 
bars of the tail are paler and more clouded, and a 
pale line generally separates the dark bar from 
the lighter space between ; the head and back of 
the neck is buff orange, having the centre of each 
feather broadly marked with umber brown ; the 
under parts are rich cream yellow, palest on the 
» throat and neck, and having the centre of each 
feather reddish umber brown, the shaft darker, 
forming a series of broad, well marked, longitudi- 
