COOPER HAWK 
333. Accipiter cooperi. 16 in. 
This hawk is a large edition of the last species. All 
hawks vary in size, this one and the last, perhaps, 
more than any others. Female hawks are always the 
largest. A large female of the Sharp-shinned variety, 
is often as large as a small male Cooper, but the 
crown of the Cooper is darker than that of the Sharp- 
shinned, and his tail is always rounded, while that of 
the last species is nearly square at the end. This is 
also .a destructive species; it is usually one of these 
two hawks, or the Goshawk, that is responsible for 
the ill-feeling with which farmers regard all of the 
family. All small hawks are known to farmers as 
“Chicken Hawks,” and large ones as “ Hen Hawks,” 
but the majority of our hawks rarely disturb fowls. 
Nest.—Of sticks in crotches of trees, usually quite 
high up; often old crows nests are used; eggs bluish- 
white, unmarked or very faintly specked with brown. 
(1.90 x 1.45); April. 
Range.—Breeds from the Gulf north to southern 
Canada; winters from Mass. and Oregon southward. 
