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PIGEON HAWK. 



Adult. Ljjper parts slaty blue, a broken rusty or i/jl!" collar on the neck, 

 primaries barred with white; under parts buffy or almost fawn with long blackish 

 maiks except on the throat, which is almost white. Tail with three or four greyish 

 white bars and white tip. 



fmniaiure. Upper parts brownish fuscous, a broken buffy collar on nape, 

 inimaries barred with ochraceous; tail with three or four incomplete buffy bars 

 aiid a whitish tip. Under parts similar to adult. 



L 10.00— i;j. 00; W., 8.00; T., 5.50. 



Hirds in adult plumage are rarely seen in Ontario. 



Nest, in trees or on cliffs. Egg^, four or five varying from creamy white more 

 or less heavily marked with reddish brown or chocolate. 



GOSHAWK. 



Adult. Upper parts bluish slate color: head almost black, a white line over 

 and behind the eye. 'fail like back and slightly marked with blackish; tip whitish: 

 entire under parts evenly marked with irregular wavy bar- of grey and white, 

 the feathers of the throat and breast with dark shafts. 



Immature. Upper parts dark brownish, margined with rufon*, primaries 

 barred with bhick ; under parts white or creamy streaked with black. 



Male L., 22.00: W., 13.00: T., 10.00. Female L., 24.00: W.. 13.40.. T.. 11. ."iO. 

 Nest, in trees. Eggs, three to five, pale bluish white. 



SHARP-SHINNED TTAWK. 



Feet extremely slender: bare portion of tarsus longer than middle toe; scutell* 

 frequently fused : tail square. Above dark brown (deepest on the head, the occipital 

 feathers showing white when disturbed) with an ashy or plumbeous shade, which 

 increases with age until the general color is quite bluish ash: below, white \ariousIy 

 streaked with dark brown aiul rusty, finally changing to brownish red, with the 

 \\\\\io, then onlv showing in narrow cross-I)ars. chin, throat and crissum mostly 

 white with blackish penciling: wings and tail barred with ashy and blackish: 

 quills white, barred basally. Tail whitish tipped: hill dark; claws black; cere and 

 feet, yellow. 



Male li., 10.12: W., 6.7; T., 5.6. Female L., 12.14; W., 7.8: T., 7. 



Xos-t. in trees. Eggs, four or five varying from bluish white to |>;ile cream 

 huir. (lislinctlv sjiotled. blotcbed or even waslied with reddish brown or chocolate. 



COOPER'S HAWK. 



Feet moderatelv stout, bare portion of tarsus shorter than middle toe: scutella? 

 distinct, colors and their changes as in the Sharp-shinned Hawk, but the bird is 

 larger and tail rounded. 



Male L.. 16.18: W., 9.10; T., 7.8. Female L., 18.20; W., lo.ll : T., 8.9. 

 Nest, generally in an evergreen tree. The abamloned nest of some other large 

 bird is often used. Eggs four or five, greenish white, sometime'* faintly spotted 

 with brown. 



