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Astur approximans

The Australian Goshawk is a bold, powerful, and most sanguinary species, feeding upon birds, reptiles, and small quadrupeds. It may often be seen lurking about the poultry-yard of the settler, and dealing destruction among the young stock of every kind; daring when at large, and morose and sullen when captured, it never becomes tame and familiar like the true Falcons, but retains its ferocity to the last.

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The Birds of Australia, Vol. 1 of 7 Published in 1848
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Tuesday 7 November 2023

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Birds, Place:Australia

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