. A history of British birds . r than themale; the beak, bluish horn-colour; cere yellowish, theirides orange ; the top of the head, upper part of the neck,except the white spot on the nape, back, wing- and tail-coverts, brown, many of the feathers white at the base;primaries and tail light brown, with dark transverse bars;under surface of the neck, body, wing-coverts and thighs, SPARROW-HAWK. 91 greyish-white, barred transversely with brown ; under surfaceof the wing- and tail-quills of the same colour, but the lightand clark bars much broader; the first six primaries emar-ginated; the first
. A history of British birds . r than themale; the beak, bluish horn-colour; cere yellowish, theirides orange ; the top of the head, upper part of the neck,except the white spot on the nape, back, wing- and tail-coverts, brown, many of the feathers white at the base;primaries and tail light brown, with dark transverse bars;under surface of the neck, body, wing-coverts and thighs, SPARROW-HAWK. 91 greyish-white, barred transversely with brown ; under surfaceof the wing- and tail-quills of the same colour, but the lightand clark bars much broader; the first six primaries emar-ginated; the first the shortest, the fourth and fifth equaland the longest; the legs and toes yellow; the claws black. The young male resembles the female; but the brownfeathers of the upper parts are edged with reddish-brown ;the tail reddish-brown, particularly towards the base, withdark transverse bands as in the adult. Some females, supposed to be very old, greatly resemblethe adult males, and white varieties have been several timesmet 92 ACCIPTTRES. FA
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