98 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



RAPTORES. FALCONES. 



FALCONIDAE. 



R. I. — Uncommon migrant, rare summer and winter resident. 

 Eggs, :\Iay 23, 25. 



Conn. — Common migrant, less common summer and winter 

 resident. Eggs, May 15- June 26. 



187. AcciPiTER cooPERii (Bonaparte) Gray. 

 Cooper's hawk; Chicken hawk. 



Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 199; A. K. 

 Fisher, Hawks and owls of U. S., 1893, pi. 5. Egg, Bendire, 1892, 

 vol. 1, pi. 5, fig. 18-20. 



Falco cooperii Bonap., Amer. ornith., 1828, vol. 2, p. 1, pi. 10, 

 fig. 1. "near Bordentown, New Jersey." 



Open country and woods; nests in trees. 



Me. — Uncommon summer resident. April 4-Oct. 24 (? Jan. 

 16). 



N. H. — Uncommon migrant and summer resident at lower 

 elevations. Mar. 26-Oct. Eggs, May 12-30. 



Vt. — Uncommon migrant and summer resident; (? winter). 

 Eggs, April 22. 



Mass. — Uncommon migrant and summer resident ; rare in 

 winter. Eggs, April 25- June 11. 



R. I. — Common migrant, less common summer resident; prob- 

 ably winters rarely. Eggs, May 12-14. 



Conn. — Common migrant, less common summer and winter 

 resident. Eggs, April 25-June 18. 



188. AsTUR ATRiCAPiLLUS (Wilson) Bonaparte. 



American goshawk; Blue hawk; Partridge hawk. 



Falco atricapillus Wils., Amer. ornith., 1812, vol. 6, p. SO, pi. 

 52, fig. 3. Near "Philadelphia." 



Accipiter atricapillus (Wils.). Chapman, Handb. birds east. 



