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Tbe Sparrow Hawk Cock.
Numb. IV .
■ H B ¡ S I B “ big a® g Pigeon-, its Length from the point m H I 9 t0 th,G Cnd °f 9 Tail is fourteen Inches, the diftance between the Wings, when extended, twenty fix Inches.
I l l l l l W B i h°0ked’ blew and black Awards the Tip; the
Bafis pf the upper Chap is covered with a green Sear. It hath an an
gular Appendix or Tooth on each fide under the Noflrils. The Noflrils
are oblong; the Palate blew; the Tongue thick black anA *
m m B K U E i 8 m m m m m m
m m ^ c k Back and Wings, o f a dark Colourinclining to bkck
LinfacfoVs 7, ^ Tbl§hs ° f a Pale buff Colour, with waved reddiih
Inches long, made up of twelve Feathers o f
an obfcure dusky Colour, their Edges light brown- the T b ilr
ftrong and fleihy, as in all Birds o f Prey; the Legs lone- flenH **
yellow; the Toes «16, long; the o n , A , , ' S ^ h S L b n
joyned to the middlemoft H a Membrane below; the Tab™ h t," t'
it lays five Eggs, white and fpotted near the blunt End, with a Circle
as it were a Coronet of blood red Spots. It feeds only upon Birds ne"
ver touching Beetles or other Infefis, for its bignefs it is a very bdd Bird
anti is frequently trained up and made for Hawking. 1
See the Ht/i, Mel., fir jl Numb. 5.
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