502 TIIF. W !-".S'l"]'.k\ COSTTAWK. 



breeding form occurring tlinmut llie Stale; while tlie more liglul}- marked 

 atricapiUnx is the foriti found in winter and during migralions. JNIr. Brewster 

 refers''' two specimens taken li} Captain liendire "in the itnmediate vicinity 

 of Walla Walla (hiring the antunni and winter of 1881-82" to the typical 

 form, while douhtfulh consigning twn others from the same lot to the 

 stil.)-species. 1 )r. Merrill refers'' all specimens taken at Fort Sherman, 

 Idaho, to this form, and notes that the bird is rather cominon during the 

 migrations and in winter. Air. Brooks says'": "I have taken lioth forms 

 ea.st and west of the Cascades. The latter |i. e. striatiilus] seems to be 

 the only form that breeds in southern British Columbia where I have 

 noticed it iti sutnmer as far east as Arrow Lake. The two sub-species inter- 

 grade perfectly." 



No. 204. 



WESTERN GOSHAWK. 



A. O. U. No. 334 a. Astiir atricapilliis striatulus Ridgw. 



Synonyms. — .As in preceding. 



Description. — Similar to . /. atrii-apilhis but darker: above dark phnnhcous to 

 sooty blackish ; underparts so finely and closely marked as to appear nearly 

 uniform blue-gray, finely pencilled with black shaft-lines. Young birds are of a 

 darker bnnvn aljove than those of ./. atrii-af^illiis and the striping of underparts 

 is broader, inclining to pure black. 



Recognition Marks. — .\s in ])receding. darker. 



Nesting. — .-\s in ./. atricapilhis. 



General Range. — \\estern Xnrtb .America, chiefly coastwise, breeding from 

 the Sierra Xevadas in California in Latitude 39° north to Sitka; east regularly to 

 Idaho and western Alberta. casuall_\( ?) to Colorado. 



Range in Washington. — Not uncommon resident in heavih- timbered sec- 

 tions, chiefly in the mountains. 



Authorities. — .Istiir atricapilhis, Wils. Baird, Rep. Pac. R. R. Surv. IX. 

 1858, 15 i\; 1(1 (part ( ?)J. Dawson, .Auk, \ol. X\'I1I. Oct. 1901. p. 403. C&S. 

 B. E. 



Specimens.— (U. of W.) V'. Prov. 1'.. I'.N. E. 



A MILL experience of the feelings of a chicken befell my partner upon 

 a time wheti we were catnped on the Stehekin trail. It was late in Jitne and 



a. See ".\utliorities" above. 



b. -Aulc, Vol. XIV.. Oct. 1.S97. p. 352. 



c. .\uk. ^'o^ W'll.. .\pr. 1900. p. 104. 



