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COOPEB'S HAWK 



more than all other Hawks together. It fully 

 merits the name of Chicken Hawk, and its name 

 should be written in black. 



Colonel Goss, in his ' Birds of Kansas,' gives 



a hint for the identification of these Hawks, and 

 an interesting experience of his own with them. 

 " Their ordinary flight is a quick flapping of the 

 wings," he says, " relieved occasionally by sailing. 



