. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and Lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . goshawk may be recognized by its size, which is that of an average Buteo, together witlithe short rounded wings, very long fan-shaped tail, and other generic characters. Length of^
. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and Lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . goshawk may be recognized by its size, which is that of an average Buteo, together witlithe short rounded wings, very long fan-shaped tail, and other generic characters. Length of^ ; extent about ; wing ; tail ; tarsus ; middletoe without claw 1,75; chord of culnien without cere ; 9; length ,00; or more; wing ,00; tail , A large, powerful, and when in perfectplumage, a very handsome hawk, of splendid spirit, the terror of the i^oultry-yard, A larger,brighter, and altogether better bird than the European. It inhabits northern N, Am. ; thenorthern half of the U. S. chiefly in winter, but is also resident in some parts, and breedsin mountainous regions as far south at least as Colorado, where I have seen it in ordinary quarry is grouse, ptarmigan, and hares. The nesting and the eggs, as described,are most like those of Accipiter cooperi ; the eggs, probably only distinguishable by their supe-. FALCONIB^^ — FALCONING: FALCONS. 531 nor .-^izo, incnsiirhiu: about X 1-90, soiled uiarkcd iircj^ularly with large but quite faiut blcitc-hes of drab aud yellowish-brown. A. a. striatulus ? (Lat. striatulus, finely striped.) Western Described as havhig the niarliiugs of the under parts so fine and dense as to present a nearly uniform bluish- ashy nebulation, pencilled with fine black-shafted lines. Rocky Mts. to the Pacific. (Probably untenable.) 45. Subfamily FALCONIN/E: FaScons. Bill furnished with a sharp tooth and notch near the end ofthe cu
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