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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 95 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HAWKE , sinuated 1 but never notched. To these fnay be added as characters, structurally perhaps of less value, but in other respects quite as important, that the sexes differ very greatly in See also:

size, that in most See also:species the irides are yellow, deepening with See also:age into See also:orange or even red, and that the immature plumage is almost invariably more or less striped or mottled with See also:heart-shaped spots beneath, while that of the adults is generally much barred, though the old See also:males have in many instances the See also:breast and belly quite See also:free from markings. Nearly all are of small or moderate size—the largest among them being the gos-See also:hawk (q.v.) and its immediate See also:allies, and the male of the smallest, Accipiter limas, is not bigger than a See also:song-See also:thrush. They are all birds of See also:great boldness in attacking a See also:quarry, but if foiled in the first attempts they are See also:apt to leave the pursuit. Thoroughly arboreal in their habits, they seek their See also:prey, chiefly consisting of birds (though See also:reptiles and small mammals are also taken), among trees or bushes, patiently waiting for a victim to shew with which they are often classed. The See also:differences between all the forms above named and the much larger number here unnamed are such as can be only appreciated by the specialist. The so-called " See also:sparrow-hawk " of New See also:Zealand (Hieracidea) does not belong to this See also:group of birds at all, and by many authors has been deemed akin to the falcons. For hawking see See also:FALCONRY. (A.

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