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species. They are noted for their powerful flight, activity, and courage. The Australian goshawk (A. Novæ-Hollandiæ) is pure white.

The female or young of the goshawk (Astur palumbarius).

er and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk.

Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk.

The male of various falcons, esp. of the peregrine; also, the male of the goshawk. Encyc. Brit.