FAM. XXIX. HAWKS, EAGLES, ETC. 



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the back, and blackish streaks or spots 

 on the wliitish lower parts. This is a 

 fearless, swift, low-flying hawk, living 

 mainly on birds, including poultry. 



Length, 10-14 ; wing, 7^ (6-9) ; tail, 5-8 ; tar- 

 sus, 2 ; culmen, l- North America, south to 

 Panama ; breeding throughout. 



7. Cooper's Hawk (333. Accljyfter coop- 

 h'ii). — A hawk similar to the last, but 

 larger and with a decidedly rounded tail. 

 It is a dark-brown hawk, with grayish- 

 and brownish-spotted under parts. In 

 habits and food, it is much like the sharp- 

 shinned hawk. 



Length, 14-20 ; wing, 9-11 ; tail, 7-10; tarsus, 

 2 J ; culmen, 1. North America, soutli to south- 

 ern Mexico ; breeding throughout. 



Sharp-shinned Hawk 



American Goshawk (334. Accipiter atricaj^Ulns). — A large, 



dark, slate-col- 

 ored hawk, with 



grayish, wavy 



bars on a white 



ground on all / 



the lower parts. 



The head is 



blackish, and 



has a white line 

 rover the eye, 

 'and the throat 



and breast are 



somewhat 



streaked with 



blackish. This 



is one of the 



strongest and 



Cooper's Hawk 



American Goshawk 



