. The sportsman's British bird book . beadded that this portion of the legis protected by large shield-likescales both in front and behind ;in the wing the fourth quill (orif not this the third or the fifth)is the longest ; and that theshort, stout, and sharph curvedupper half of the beak displaysa bold festoon on each sexes differ markedly insize ; and the plumage is greyor brown above, and beneathspotted in young, and transversely barred in adult birds. The grouphas a wide distribution ; all its representatives being denizens of forestsor well-timbered districts, and constructing ne
. The sportsman's British bird book . beadded that this portion of the legis protected by large shield-likescales both in front and behind ;in the wing the fourth quill (orif not this the third or the fifth)is the longest ; and that theshort, stout, and sharph curvedupper half of the beak displaysa bold festoon on each sexes differ markedly insize ; and the plumage is greyor brown above, and beneathspotted in young, and transversely barred in adult birds. The grouphas a wide distribution ; all its representatives being denizens of forestsor well-timbered districts, and constructing nests of their own in speaking, the goshawk may be likened to a large sparrow-hawk ; but its size is so much superior to that of the latter that thereis no possibility of confounding the two species even in a casual glance,the female goshawk measuring as much as 23 inches in length, andher partner about 3 inches less. As regards colour, the two sexes arepractically alike, the adults having the upper-parts dark ashy brown,. GOSHAWK (fkmaij:). GOSHAWK Z7l with a white line above the eye, and five dark bands across the tail,and the under surface white with black barrings and dark shafts to thefeathers of the throat and breast, which communicate to those areas afinely streaked appearance. In young birds the brown feathers of theupper-parts are more or less distinctly tipped with whitish, the crownof the head is rufous streaked with dark brown, and the breastlongitudinally streaked, instead of transversely barred, with black on abuff-tinged white ground. In former days the breeding-range of the goshawk included theBritish Isles ; but its western limit is now marked by Lapland andother parts of Scandinavia, whence it stretches uninterruptedly acrossnorthern and Central Asia, inclusive of the higher ranges of theHimalaya, to the eastern side of China and Japan. Northwards thelimits of the breeding-area extend to about latitude 60°, while south-wards they include Gibraltar
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