290 HAWKS 



292. SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. 



Small, 11; wing, short; tail, long, 

 square; legs, long slender; brown above, 

 pale reddish beneath; four black bands on 

 tail, fig. 227. Young, streaked beneath. 

 Flies with alternate flappings and sailing; 

 seldom circles in air. Readily flies through 

 foliage in pursuit of small birds. Breeds 



Fig. 228 



Cooper Hank. Silhouette. 



throughout N. A. south to Panama; winters 

 from Mass. southwrad, south in Oct. ; north 

 in April. Nests, in trees; eggs, 4, blue- 

 white, spotted. Cries, a series of short 

 rather shrill screams. 



293. COOPER HAWK. 

 Differs from last in being larger, 17, 

 and in having tail rounded; ^^. 228. Cries, 



