ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
THE KITES, BUZZARDS, EAGLES, HAWKS, AND ALLIES
The European Sparrow-Hawk
(A. nisus), which belongs to the same group as those just described, was once a common bird throughout the British Islands, but on account of its depredations on the game preserves has been greatly depleted in numbers.
It is widely distributed over Europe, northern Asia, and the Indian peninsula, and is abundant in India, where, as in other parts of its range, it is tamed and taught to take Partridges, Sand Grouse, and other similar birds.
Another Indian species, known as the Besra Sparrow-Hawk (A.virgatus), has the breast and flanks so suffused with rusty as to nearly or quite conceal the bars. It is also used in hawking, and is regarded by the native falconers as superior in speed, courage, and endurance to the last-mentioned species.
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