BRITISH BIRDS. 
THE GOSHAWK. 
( Falco Palumbarius , Lin. — U Autour^ Buff.) 
This bird is fomewhat longer than the Buzzard, 
but lienderer and more beautiful ; its length is one 
foot ten inches ; its bill is blue, tipped with black ; 
cere green ; eyes yellow ; over each eye there is 
a whitilh line ; the head and all the upper parts of 
the body are of a deep brown colour, each fide of 
the neck being irregularly marked with white ; the 
break and belly are white, with a number of wavy 
lines or bars of black ; the tail is long, of an alh 
