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FALCO PALUMBARIUS. 
of Philadelphia, and is now preserved, in good ot 
in Mr Peale’s museum. 
Its general make and aspect denotes great 
and spirit ; its legs arc strong, and its claws of f f 
than proportionate size. Should any other spec'^jj. 
or variety of this hawk, dltfering from the hl( 
occur during the publication of this work, it will o” 
me more accurately to designate the .species. 
The hlack-cap hiiwk is twenty-one inches in 
the bill and cere are blue ; eye, reddish amber ; \i 
black, bordered on each side by a line of white 
speckled with black ; th<!se lines of white meet o»^^ 
hind bead ; whole upper parts, slate, tinged with 
slightest on the quills ; legs, feathei-ed half way .,t 
and, with the feet, of a yellow colour ; whole 
parts and femorals, white, most elegant!}' speckled 
fine transverse pencilled zig-zag lines of dusky, 
shafts being a long black line ; vent, pure white, jj 
If this be not the celebrated ffoshawk, former*.J 
much esteemed in fahainry, it is very closely 
it. I have never myself seen a specimen of !•'** jig' 
in Europe ; .and the descriptions of their best nature* j 
vary considerably ; but, from a careful exarainat'® 
the figure and ac<;ount of the goshawk, guveu \ 1 
ingenious Mr Beu-ick, (Brit. Birds, vol. i. )>■ ** jtl 
have very little doubt that the present will be foB'' 
be the same. 
The goshawk inhabits France and Germany ; ’“j if 
very emnmon in South Britain, but more freqB^jjdf 
the'northeru parts of the island, and is found in /v tfl 
and Siberia. Biitfon, who reared two young 
this kind, a male and female, observes, that “ tp*; 
hawk, before it has shed its feathers, that is, i" 
year, is marked on the breast and belly with Ib" 
dinal brown spots; but, after it has had two (fails', 
they disappear, and their place is occupied *>y Lt«| 
verse waving bars, which coiitiiuie during the 
its life.” He also takes notice, that though the 
was much smaller than the female, it was fiei^B 
more vicious. 
