mottled with slaty gray below ; rather short, rounded wings ; white line over 

 eye distinctive. 



Nesting. — Xot known to breed in Ohio. Xcst, high in trees, usually conifer- 

 ous, of sticks, twigs, and grass, lined with bark-strips and grass. Eggs, 2-5. 

 "white or glaucous white, sometimes very faintly marked with pale brownish." 

 Av. size, 2.32 x 1.79 (58.9 x 45.5). 



Range. — Northern and eastern North America, south in winter to the 

 Middle States and sottthern Rocky Mountain region ; casually west to Oregon. 

 Accidental in England. Breeding range restricted to the Canadian Fauna of 

 the United States and northward. 



This intrepid marauder of the north is not seen within the limits of our 

 state often enough to be clearly distinguished from its resident all)', the Cooper 

 Hawk. It is somewhat larger, with short, rounded wings, and a tail superlatively 

 long. Its wings are moved very rapidly in fight, and it is usually wary and 

 restless, though not unapproachable. The bird is even more venturesome than 

 the Cooper Hawk, and appears at times among the poultry with the quickness 

 of a meteor, carrying off the choicest of the flock before the farmer's face and 

 eyes. There is seldom anyone to call him to account, and during the migrations 

 at least, the "Blue Hawk" has less conscience than a pirate. In former days, when 

 the Ruffled Grouse was more abundant, his tireless pursuit of this valuable game 

 Ijird earned him the name of Partridge Hawk, while in his native wilds in the far 

 north he still feasts upon Grouse and Ptarmigan, and is ready for anything up 

 to the size of a goose. 



On the 13th of March, 1901, I saw a gunner on the O. S. U. grounds drop 

 one of these birds from the top of an elm tree into the waters of the Olentangy, 

 where it was left to shift for itself. Not suspecting the value of the kill I made 

 a long detour and crossed the river in order to put the hawk out of its misery. 

 Although severely wounded, the bird, once rescued from the drift, made a spirited 

 fight, and was not despatched until its beautiful plumage was quite ruined. A 

 year later, within a day, another Goshawk was narrowly observed with binoculars 

 in the same bottom. 



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