BIRDS OF MAINE. 59 



green trees, the eggs of this species coutiuue to be objects of desid- 

 erata to collectors. 



County Records. — Androsco^giu, ''commou summer resident" (John- 

 son) ; Aroostook, "Houlton, not common" (Batchelder, Bull. Xutt. Oru. 

 Club, Vol. 7, p. 151) ; Cumberland, "common summer resident" (Mead) ; 

 Franklin, "common summer resident" (Swain) ; Hancock, "summer 

 resident" (Dorr) ; Kennebec, "rare" (Gardiner Branch) ; Knox, "sum- 

 mer" (Rackliff) ; Oxford, "breeds commonly" (Nash) ; Penobscot, 

 "breeds quite commonly" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "common, breeds" 

 (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "common spring and fall" (Spinney) ; Somerset, 

 "not commou summer resident" (Morrell), "saw a flock of over a hun- 

 dred migrating at Jackman, in August, 1895" (Harvey and Knight) ; 

 Waldo, "breeds quite commonly" (Knight) ; Washington, "abundant 

 summer resident" (Boardnian) ; York, (Adams). 



144. (333). Accipiiev coopevn (Bona2).). Cooper's Hawk. 



Of quite general occuiTeDce as a summer resideut throughout 

 the state, but at the same time the species is by uo means to be 

 called common. 



County Records. — Androscoggin, "common summer resident" (John- 

 son) ; Cumberland, "rare" (Mead) ; Franklin, "common summer resi- 

 dent" (Swain) ; Hancock, "summer resident" (Dorr) ; Kennebec, "rafe" 

 (Gardiner Branch) ; Knox, (Rackliff) ; Oxford, "summer resident" (John- 

 son) ; Penobscot, "seemingly quite a rare summer resident" (Knight) ; 

 I'iscataquis, "not uncommon" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "common migrant" 

 (Spinney) ; Somerset, "rare summer resident" (Morrell) ; \Vashington, 

 "not common, one of our rarest Hawks" (Boardman) ; York, (Adams). 



Subgenus ASTUR Lac6pede. 



145. (334). Accipiter atricapillus (Wils.). American Gos- 

 hawk. 



Occurs commonly as a winter resident throughout the state, and 

 less commonly as a resident of the portions within the Canadian 

 fauna. 



County Records. — Androscoggin, "common migi-ani" (Johnson) ; Cum- 

 berland, "common, have taken its eggs here" (Mead), "uncommon Octo- 

 ber to May" (Brown's Cat. Birds of Portland, p. 22) ; Franklin, "rare 

 summer resideut" (Swain) ; Hancock, "winter resident" (Dorr) ; Kenne- 

 bec, (Gardiner Branch); Knox, "winter" (Rackliff); Oxford, "breeds 

 rarely" (Nash) ; Penobscot, "common winter and quite rare summer resi- 

 dent, has been known to breed in several instances" (Knight) ; Piscata- 

 quis, "common resident" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "■scattering, fall and 

 spring" (Spinney); Somerset, '■'■rare visitant" (Morrell) ; Washington, 

 "not uncommon, breeds" (Boardman); York, (Adams). 



