th»* M • .1 A H S S M .............- "«o ui uau-snuuiuered and powerful-looking
reminded me of a Chilian Eagle (,Geranoaetus melanoleucus) rather than a Goshawk.
■ H U | H j | H U apI>ear I be co,(,mo" in ““J Part ®f North Africa, from Morocco to the Nile ;
— B B- W m B f f l Ca,m0t be regarded as a bird o f Palestine southward o f the wooded
d s.nets o f Lebanon ; — B g f f l a aealons Italian collector at Beyront, showed him the shin o f one
he had purchased m the flesh m the market of that eity (Ibis, 1865, p. 259). Lord Lilford states that it ■ m C0Tn ■ r: andsi l,e on* met with ,'v° im“at"Santa Manra a fine pa.r hat had been kdled on that island a few weeksr pe rae*vaiomui>sklys; IheM was to lBd th Hat th1e
pec.es ,s common and breeds ,n Albania proper, Montenegro, and Bosnia, in which last province it is
W g | B H H H B G°stawk seen,s t0 be a" o ^ * of special aversion
the r haunts m 1 1 ■ M a" OW a W d ' M »r Falcon to remain unmolested i
heir haunts, t a “ "> ^ 'at«dy pursue tins spec.es with loud cries and every appearance o f excessive hatred
H e a"ce- bn> 1860, p. 9. Lord Lilford has “ once or twice seen the Goshawk in Andalusia and
ft-: m Z SPa"iardS ^ bW " * * * * » * * - - ba folerably common!
The veteran Temminck informs us that it is very common in France, Germany, and Switzerland, but is
very rare in Holland ; whde every traveller who has visited Sweden, Lapland, Bothnia, and Finmark speaks
o f U as a summer vts.tant, and as breeding in those countries as far north as the Scotch fir e x , e l
for h a 7 H H I B °CCUrrenCe !n a more easter'y direction ; India, China, and Amoorland claim
M | P'ace 1 ■ U H “ The Goshawk,“ says Mr. Jerdon, '• is found in the Himalayas, and I
S° ° " N o '^ o r n e s , though more rarely.” There, as in Europe and elsewhere, it ever affects the
mountainous d .stn c ts ; and, continues Mr. Jerdon, if it ever occurs in the plains it is only a straggler t r
■ M l fema,e; s tbc D hiS % esteemed bird o f prey in India, and a trained bird I d to
be sold[for a large sum m former days. They are caught when young, and sold on the skirts o f the
N. W. Himalayas to falconers from ddferent parts o f India, for prices varying from 20 to 50 rupees for ■M i ■ OI 30 f°r i B The fema,e I '™"ad »strike the Houbara Bull tes and Neophrons, Ducks, and many other large water-birds, such as Cormorants, Herons, Ibises &c’
It.s, however, ch.efly trained to catch Hares. For this purpose she is hooted, or furnished with i l l
tier bang struck. She stnkes■ w.th Hone leg bonyl,tyh, 0a™ndI s8t8re 'thche eHs tahree Soethneerra oIIuyt mbehind * btoe cHluatwchk gsroamssa twvairgdss
m i " ■ m m the h 38 i were- °n h w h ■ i h — tndges, Rock-p.geons, Crows, Teal, &c. The Goshawk flies direct a. its prey, and gets its speed at o n c e■
f does not reach the quarry nothin a reasonable distance (say, from 10 0 to 20 0 yards) it g e n l l y gives up
the cl ase, and e.ther returns «0 the falconer’s fist or perches on some neighbouring tree or the ground ”
hot 7 7 ' M :",d m°de °f flisl,t’ and i Goshawk steals 1
are
in “the a — f '" ‘' ‘'“ ‘‘"S?- 1 is ■ seen hovering, Uke the Kestril, and but seldom high
the dir, like the Falcons; on the contrary, it sits motionless, for hours to«-ether unrlpr thp
Of a leafy tree, mostly close to the bole, and no, on the expos d H s B i B M B i
space, and, upon the appeamnce o f a H are, Partridge, or any quadruped or ^ d n ^
upon ,ts prey .„ the most artful manner. Mr. Wolf tells me that he has known it, when pressed by hunger
dash out o f its retreat and give chase to a Short-eared Owl. y ° ’
Mr. Hewitson states, on the authority o f Mr. Hoy, that “ the Grtshowl, •, , .
turbed in its possession, will frequent,; occupy it foZleral y!aZmaktg thTnTe" ' * "fT
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young m afk 'C<>nSr r Sh there ° T ’ " diS8i'" iIarity betwee" tha
is enfssed by nnm eL s^ fine b £ ^ ^ ^ ; t^ rea8* ' ^ ^ adaB’ ia ‘ba aa™ par,
is less marked than in the members o f H H • . 5enCe ,n tbc Slze o f the sexes; but this character
merely an offshoot ° f the ge" “8 ™ whicb lba‘ <* ^ mas, be regarded as
bird in t lm 'd iZ n T " '8 ^ adUlt ft," ale’ ab° a t tW° ‘thirds of the nat“ raI »>th a reduced figure o f a young