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Mr Pennant informs us, that the goshawk is used by 
the Emperor of China in his sporting excursions, when 
he is usually attended by his grand falconer, and a 
thousand of inferior rank. Every bird has a silver 
plate fastened to its foot, with the name of the falconer 
who has the charge of it, that, in case it should be lost, 
it may be restored to the proper person ; but, if he 
should not be found, the bird is delivered to another 
officer, called the guardian of lost birds, who, to make 
his situation known, erects his standard in a conspicu- 
ous place among the army of hunters. The same writer 
informs us, that he examined, in the Leverian Museum, 
a specimen of the goshawk which came from America, 
and which was superior in size to the European. He 
adds, “ they are the best of all hawks for falconry.” * 
12. FALCO PENNSYLVANICUS , WILSON. — BROAD-WINGED HAWK. 
WILSON, PLATE LIV. FIG. I. 
This hawk was shot on the 6th of May, in Mr Bar- 
tram’s woods, near the Schuylkill, and was afterwards 
presented to Mr Peale, in whose collection it now 
remains. It was perched on the dead limb of a high 
tree, feeding on something, which was afterwards found 
to be the meadow mouse. On my approach, it uttered 
a whining kind of whistle, and flew off to another tree, 
where I followed and shot it. Its great breadth of wing, 
or width of the secondaries, and also of its head and 
body, when compared with its length, struck me as 
peculiarities. It seemed a remarkably strong-built bird, 
handsomely marked, and was altogether unknown to 
me. Mr Bartram, who examined it very attentively, 
declared he had never before seen such a hawk. On 
the afternoon of the next day, I observed another, pro- 
bably its mate or companion, and certainly one of the 
* Arct. Zool. p. 204. 
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