AMERICAN SPARROW HAWK. 
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to tip of the expanded wings. The cere and legs are yellow j 
bill blue, tipt with black; space round the eye greenish blue; 
iris deep dusky; head bluish ash; crown rufous; seven spots of 
black, on a white ground, surround the head in the manner re- 
presented in the figure; whole upper parts reddish bay, trans- 
versely streaked with black; primary and secondary quills 
black, spotted on their inner vanes with brownish white; whole 
lower parts yellowish white, marked with longitudinal streaks 
of brown, except the chin, vent and femoral feathers, which 
are white; claws black. 
