. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual. Birds; Birds. AMERICAN GOSHAWK. BLUE HEN HAWK. ACCIPITER ATRICAPILLUS. Char. Above, dark bluish gray; lop of head black, the feathers be- neath the surface white; white stripe over the eye ; tail with four dark bands ; below, white barred and streaked with narrow dark lines. Young very different; above, brown, edges of feathers bufEsh ; tail lighter, tipped with white and crossed by four or five dark bands; below, bufSsh, streaked with brown. Length 22 to 24 inches. Nest. In a tree ; made of twi
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual. Birds; Birds. AMERICAN GOSHAWK. BLUE HEN HAWK. ACCIPITER ATRICAPILLUS. Char. Above, dark bluish gray; lop of head black, the feathers be- neath the surface white; white stripe over the eye ; tail with four dark bands ; below, white barred and streaked with narrow dark lines. Young very different; above, brown, edges of feathers bufEsh ; tail lighter, tipped with white and crossed by four or five dark bands; below, bufSsh, streaked with brown. Length 22 to 24 inches. Nest. In a tree ; made of twigs. ^SS^- 3-4; bluish white, with buff or reddish brown markings; X The foreign representative of this elegant and spirited spe- cies of Hawk appears to be common in France, Germany, the northern parts of Great Britain, Russia, and Siberia, and ex- tends into Chinese Tartary. Our species, so nearly related to the European bird, is very rare, migrating to the South ap- parently at the approach of winter. On the 26th of October, 1830, I received one of these birds from the proprietor of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston, Little, Brown
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