Photographic studies of some Less Familiar birds: LXXXIX. Goshawk

T H E GOSHAWK (Accipiter gentilis) is of special interest as one of the very few birds of prey which occur on both sides of the Atlantic. It belongs t o an extensive group of species of " g o s h a w k s " (formerly placed in a separate genus Astur, b u t now merged with the sparrowhawks in Accipiter), which has an almost ubiquitous distribution in the Old World, with many species in Africa, souther...