1 86 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



GENUS ACCIPITER BRISSON. 

 SUUGENUS ACCIPITER. 



Accipiter BRISS. Orn. I. 1760, 310. Type, by elimination, Falco nisus 

 LINN. 



332. Accipiter velox (WILS.). 



Sharp-shiuued Hawk. 



Falco velox WILS. Am. Orn. V. 1812, 116, pi. 45, fig. I. 

 Accipiler velox VIGORS, Zool. Journ. I. 1824, 338. 



[Bi 7 , C 33 8, R 432, C 494.] 

 HAD. North America in general, south to Panama. 



333. Accipiter cooperi (BONAP.). 



Cooper's Hawk. 



Falco cooperi BONAP. Am. Orn. II. 1828, I, pi. x. fig. I. 

 Accipiter cooperi GRAY, List B. Brit. Mus. Accipitres, 1844, 38. 



[B 15, 16, C 339, R 431, C 495.] 

 HAB. North America in general, south to Southern Mexico. 



SUBCENUS ASTUR LACEPEDE. 



Astur LACP. Mem. de 1'Inst. III. 1801, 505. Type, Falco palumba- 

 rius LINN. 



334. Accipiter atricapillus (WILS.). 



American Gosha\vk. 



Falco atricapillus WILS. Am. Orn. VI. 1812, 80, pi. 52, fig. 3. 

 Accipiter atricapillus SEEBOHM, Brit. Birds, I. 1883, iv. 



[B 14, 340, R433, C 496.] 



HAB. Northern and Eastern North America, breeding mostly north 

 of the United States, south in winter to the Middle States. Acciden- 

 tal in England. 



334 a. Accipiter atricapillus striatulus RIDGVV. 



Western Goshawk. 



Astnr atricapillus var. strintnhis RII>G\V. in Hist. N. Am. B. III. 



1874, 240. 

 Accipiicr atricapillus stiialulus RIDGVV. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 



1885, 355- 



