'The White Hawk' mb-code 00393437 by Samuel Felton

by Samuel Felton

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'The White Hawk' mb-code 00393437 by Samuel FeltonOrnithological study of a white variety of the Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae) a bird native to Australia. Shown in a mountainous landscape, perched on a branch. Plate 35 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales by John White (J. Debrett, London, 1790). The accompanying text states that: 'This species, in shape and general appearance, seems very nearly allied to the bird called, in England, the Hen Harrier the whole plumage is white,