. A System of natural history : containing scientifci [sic] and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . e upper parts of the body are of a deep brown color;and each side of the neck is irregularly marked with white; the breast and ^ Falco palumbarius, Lin. 454 AVES—HAWK. belly are white, with a number of wavy lines or bars of black; the tail islong, of an ash color, and crossed with four or five dusky bars ; the legs areyellow, and the claws black; the wings are much shorter than the tail.—Itfeeds on mice and small birds, and eagerly devours raw flesh ; i
. A System of natural history : containing scientifci [sic] and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . e upper parts of the body are of a deep brown color;and each side of the neck is irregularly marked with white; the breast and ^ Falco palumbarius, Lin. 454 AVES—HAWK. belly are white, with a number of wavy lines or bars of black; the tail islong, of an ash color, and crossed with four or five dusky bars ; the legs areyellow, and the claws black; the wings are much shorter than the tail.—Itfeeds on mice and small birds, and eagerly devours raw flesh ; it plucks thebirds very neatly, and tears them into pieces before it eats them, but swal-lows the pieces entire; and frequently disgorges the hair rolled up in smallpellets. The goshawk is found in France and Germany; it is not very numerousin England, but is morefrequent in Scotland, where it breeds in lofty trees,and destroys large quantities of game. It is also common in Russia, andSiberia, There is in Chinese Tartary a variety which is mottled withbrown and yellow, and is used for sporting by the nobility. THE SP ARROW-HA m:. This bird is somewhat larger than a common pigeon, the male being abouttwelve inches in length, and the female fifteen. It has a short hooked bluebill, with yellow cere, slender reddish legs, and rather a long tail. Thecolor of the eye is a bright orange. The plumage on the wings and upperparts of the body is brown, spotted with yellowish dun ; the lower parts insome are whitish ; in others of a russet color. The sparrowhawk is very numerous in various parts of the world, fromRussia to the Cape of Good Hope. The female builds in high rocks, loftyruins, or hollow trees, but will sometimes condescend to take up with theold nest of a crow. Four or five is the number of eggs which she lays, andthey are marked Avith reddish spots at the longer end. The sparrowhawkis more easily trained and made docile than most of the rapacious tribes,and when domes
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