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
Sparrow-Hawks and Goshawks
(Subfamily Accipitrinm) The last of the subfamilies into which the diurnal birds of prey are here divided forms a large group of several genera and numerous species, which enjoy a practically worldwide distribution.
They are in general very active birds, of small or moderate size, but endowed with indomitable courage and”dash.”They have a slender, graceful form, with the head comparatively small and the bill weak, but provided with a prominent”festoon,”while the wings are rather short and rounded, the tail long and usually rounded, or occasionally even, or emargi-nated.
The legs are very long, and the feet slender, with the middle toe much lengthened, its first joint being about equal to the whole length of the inner toe. They are especially remarkable in having the tibia and tarsus of nearly equal length, the latter with the upper third or half feathered, while the bare space is connected with usually very distinct and continuous transverse scutellas.
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