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Nest, of sticks in trees. Eggs, white, sometimes faintly marked 

 with brownish. 



The Goshawk is a rare summer resident of the Canadian 

 Zone, where it is confined chiefly to the deep forests of the 

 higher mountains. In the autumn and winter, at irregular 

 intervals. Goshawks appear in southern New England and 

 the Hudson Valley in considerable numbers. They are ex- 

 traordinarily bold and rapacious, and fly, when hunting, with 

 great speed. 



An adult is a very beautiful bird, the slaty gray of the 

 back and fine gray barring on the white under parts giving 

 it a lighter tone than any other hawk, except the adult male 

 Marsh Hawk. The black cap and the white line over the eye 

 are also distinctive marks. An immature bird could hardly be 

 told from a large Cooper's Hawk, unless killed and measured. 



Cooper's Hawk. Acci2y{ter coopeini 

 $ 15.50. 9 19.00 



Ad. $. — Upper parts dark gray, bluish-gray in strong light; 

 top of head blackish ; tail crossed by several blackish bands ; under 

 parts white, closely barred with reddish-brown; tail rounded. Ad. 

 9 • — Duller than the $ . Im. — Upper parts dusky brown ; lower 

 parts white, striped with brown, the sides barred with the same. 



Nest, in high trees, often a deserted crow's nest. Eggs, bluish- 

 white, rarely spotted with pale brownish. 



The Cooper's Hawk, called Chicken Hawk by the farm- 

 ers, is a not uncommon summer resident throughout south- 

 ern and central Xew England and the lower Hudson Valley ; 

 it occurs sparingly on the uplands of central New England, 

 but is absent from the deep forests of the Canadian Zone. 

 It is a rare winter resident in the vicinity of New York city. 

 The Cooper's Hawk is bold, strong, and swift, and destroys 

 more poultry and wild birds than any other hawk. AYhen 

 the nesting-site is approached, the birds utter cries like " a 

 Flicker's laugh or a tree-toad's trill magnified" (F. H. Allen). 



