+_ GOSHAWK- Gofliawk, Gen. Syn. i. p. 58.IN« 3ey.— Aril. Zool. N° 99.
Falco palumbarius, Mullir, N» 70_George Reife, p. 164. '
T H E Gojhawk is common in Denmark, all over Ruffia, and in
Sibiria, about the Lake Baikal: is ufed by the Calmucs in
falconry : a variety found fometimes quite white, but it is very
ra re * ; on the contrary, in Kamtfchatka every individual is white,
with hardly any fpots; and thefe are faid to prove the belt o f all
for the fport o f falconry -f.
The American one feems larger than that o f Europe; known at
Hudfon’s Bay by the name o f Komijhark-papanafew: it builds a
neft in lofty trees, o f {ticks -laid acrofs, lined with hay and Jea-
there -, and lays four white e g g s ; the young hatched in the beginning
of July: frequents plains and woods indifferently; is
continually on the wing, and a great enemy to the Partridges and
other birds *
I have feen the Gojhawk in drawings done in China, as well as
in thofe from India, and have been affured that it is a native of
the laft, where the male is known by the name o f Bauge.
T h e female differs in being fomewhat larger, and paler on the
upper parts, marked beneath with oval fpots o f dulky black, giving
it the appearance o f the Gentil Falton. This fex is called in
India, Jurra. The young males are greatly fimilar to the females,.
and do not attain their full plumage for feveral moults. The
young male is called Mudge Bauge, and the young female, Mudge
Jurra.
Thefe, among others, are ufed in India for falconry.
* Dec. RuJ. jii. p. 303. f Aril. Ztol. \ Mr. Hutchins.
Kite,
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GENTIL F.
Kite, Gen. Syn. i. p. 61. N° 4 Zool. ii. N° 223. H.
F. milvus, Brun. N° 3.— Muller, N° 61 .——Georgi Reife, p. 164.-
H P H I S bird, fo well known in England, is pretty common on
the continent o f Europe, but does not frequent the colder
parts, except in the hotter months, being migratory : it is found
with us at all feafons, but obferved to be more in number in winter
in the fouthern counties : preys on chickens and other poultry
while young, failing over the barn-yards for the purpofe of darting
upon the firft unwary ftraggler: will fometimes eat fijh , as it
has been found feeding on the remains o f one at the fide of a
pond, having perhaps beaten off the firli poffeffor; for we would
not fufpeiff its taking the water itfelf, a circumftance in which the
Ofprey perhaps ftands unrivalled. The egg of the Kite is o f a
blueifli white, inclining to red at one end, blending itfelf with the
white by fmall markings *.
Gentil Falcon, Gen. Syn. i. p. 64. N° ifi.— ArB. Zool. ii. N" 98.
Falco Gentilis, Brun. N° 6.—Muller, N° 62.
H I S fpecies inhabits the north o f Scotland, and builds in
rocks near Invercauld, and in Glen-more - f; is met with in the
north of Europe, as far as Finmark J ; but we do not hear of it
farther fouth than AJlrachan ||: was formerly ufed in England in
falconry, as it is now on the continent. Is alfo found in America,
but is there larger than in Europe: one lhot in the province o f
New Tork meafured two feet two inches.
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