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Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America

Name: Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America
Author: Cassin, John

Cassin, John

Birds -- North America

1. Accipiter fuscus. (Gmelin.) The Sharp-shinned Hawk. The Chicken
          Hawk.
      Falco fuscus, and dubius. Gm., Syst. Nat. I. p. 280, 281. (1788.)
      Accipiter striatus. Vieill, Ois. Am. Sept. I. p. 42, (1807.)
      Falco velox, and Pennsylvanicus. Wilson Am. Orn. V. p. 116, and
          VI. p. 13, (1812.)
      Sparvius lineatus. Vieill. Ency. Meth. III. p. 1266. (1823.)
      Nisus Malfini. Less. Traité I. p. 58. (1831.)
      Accipiter fringilloides. Vig. Zool. Jour. III. p. 434.? (1827.)

  Temm. Pl. col. 67. Vieill, Ois. d’Am. Sept. pl. 14. Wilson, Am. Orn.
  V. pl. 45, fig. 1, VI. pl. 46, fig. 1. Aud. B. of Am. pl. 374, Oct.
  ed. I. pl. 25.

  Small, tail rather long, with the end nearly even; tarsi and toes
  slender. Adult, entire upper parts dark brownish black tinged with
  ashy, occiput mixed with white. Throat, and under tail-coverts, white,
  the former with very fine lines of black on the shafts of the
  feathers; other under parts, fine light rufous, deepest on the tibia,
  and with transverse bands of white; shafts of the feathers with lines
  of dark brown. Tail, ashy brown, tipped with white, and with about
  four bands of brownish black. Quills, brownish black, with bands of a
  darker shade, and of white on their inner webs; secondaries and
  tertiaries, with large partially concealed white spots. Shafts of
  quills tinged with reddish. Young. Entire upper parts umber brown,
  tinged with ashy; neck behind mixed with white; greater wing-coverts
  and shorter quills, with large white spots partially concealed. Under
  parts white, with longitudinal stripes and circular spots of reddish
  brown, changing into transverse bands on the flanks and tibiæ; under
  tail-coverts, in many specimens, pure white.

  Dimensions. Total length, female, 12 to 14 inches, wing 7½; to 8, tail
  6½ to 7 inches; male, total length 10 to 11, wing 6 to 6½, tail 5 to
  5½ inches.

  Hab. Throughout North America. Hudson’s Bay, (Richardson,) Wisconsin,
  (Hoy,) Texas, (Audubon,) California, (Heermann,) New Mexico, (M‘Call,)
  Mexico, (Pease.) Spec. in Mus. Acad. Philada.

Obs. This little Hawk is one of the most common of the North American
species. It is very similar, when adult, to the _Accipiter nisus_ of
Europe, but the young differ, as is the case with nearly all our Hawks
which resemble birds of the old world. We have never seen a specimen of
_A. fuscus_ with the transverse bands on the under parts regular and
unbroken, as is commonly met with in the young female of _A. nisus_.

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Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian AmericaCassin, John

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Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America

Cassin, John

Birds -- North America

1. Accipiter fuscus. (Gmelin.) The Sharp-shinned Hawk. The Chicken
          Hawk.
      Falco fuscus, and dubius. Gm., Syst. Nat. I. p. 280, 281. (1788.)
      Accipiter striatus. Vieill, Ois. Am. Sept. I. p. 42, (1807.)
      Falco velox, and Pennsylvanicus. Wilson Am. Orn. V. p. 116, and
          VI. p. 13, (1812.)
      Sparvius lineatus. Vieill. Ency. Meth. III. p. 1266. (1823.)
      Nisus Malfini. Less. Traité I. p. 58. (1831.)
      Accipiter fringilloides. Vig. Zool. Jour. III. p. 434.? (1827.)

  Temm. Pl. col. 67. Vieill, Ois. d’Am. Sept. pl. 14. Wilson, Am. Orn.
  V. pl. 45, fig. 1, VI. pl. 46, fig. 1. Aud. B. of Am. pl. 374, Oct.
  ed. I. pl. 25.

  Small, tail rather long, with the end nearly even; tarsi and toes
  slender. Adult, entire upper parts dark brownish black tinged with
  ashy, occiput mixed with white. Throat, and under tail-coverts, white,
  the former with very fine lines of black on the shafts of the
  feathers; other under parts, fine light rufous, deepest on the tibia,
  and with transverse bands of white; shafts of the feathers with lines
  of dark brown. Tail, ashy brown, tipped with white, and with about
  four bands of brownish black. Quills, brownish black, with bands of a
  darker shade, and of white on their inner webs; secondaries and
  tertiaries, with large partially concealed white spots. Shafts of
  quills tinged with reddish. Young. Entire upper parts umber brown,
  tinged with ashy; neck behind mixed with white; greater wing-coverts
  and shorter quills, with large white spots partially concealed. Under
  parts white, with longitudinal stripes and circular spots of reddish
  brown, changing into transverse bands on the flanks and tibiæ; under
  tail-coverts, in many specimens, pure white.

  Dimensions. Total length, female, 12 to 14 inches, wing 7½; to 8, tail
  6½ to 7 inches; male, total length 10 to 11, wing 6 to 6½, tail 5 to
  5½ inches.

  Hab. Throughout North America. Hudson’s Bay, (Richardson,) Wisconsin,
  (Hoy,) Texas, (Audubon,) California, (Heermann,) New Mexico, (M‘Call,)
  Mexico, (Pease.) Spec. in Mus. Acad. Philada.

Obs. This little Hawk is one of the most common of the North American
species. It is very similar, when adult, to the _Accipiter nisus_ of
Europe, but the young differ, as is the case with nearly all our Hawks
which resemble birds of the old world. We have never seen a specimen of
_A. fuscus_ with the transverse bands on the under parts regular and
unbroken, as is commonly met with in the young female of _A. nisus_.

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Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America

Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America

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