226 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Seven ; two taken at Ottawa, Ont., by F. A. Saunders, August 
2nd, 1890, and September 12th, 1891 ; three at Ottawa by G. R. 
White in 1884, 1885 and 1888; two taken at Chilliwack, B. 
C., by W. Spreadborough, August 11th and September 7th, Igor. 
One set of four eggs, taken at Wood Mountain, Assa., June 12th, 
1895. Nest in a small tree about ten feet from the ground. 
333. Cooper’s Hawk. 
Accipiter cooperit (BONAP.) GRAY. 1844. 
This species is either unequally distributed or not readily sep- 
erated. from other species 
An uncommon summer migrant in Newfoundland. (Reeks.) 
Very rare in Nova Scotia. Col. Egan procured and mounted one 
specimen. (Gz/pin.) Not common at Wolfville, King’s Co., N.S.; 
absent in winter. (47. 7zf¢s.) A pair seen in Brackley Point woods, 
Prince Edward Island. (A/acoun.) An uncommon summer resi- 
dent in New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) Common in the Resti- 
gouche Valley and sparingly distributed through the whole St. 
Lawrence Valley and and westward throughout Ontario. (/acoun.) 
This species is a summer resident in Manitoba and extends north 
to the Saskatchewan. (Zkhompson-Seton.) J havea mature bird, 
taken on April 25th, 1896, at Banff, Alberta. (/. H. Fleming.) 
Apparently rare in the Rocky Mountains. Not common in the 
Columbia Valley, but was taken at Revelstoke May 5th, 1890, and 
seen later at Nelson on Kootanie River. ((/acoun.) Met with,in 
British Columbia, only at the Ducks, near Kamloops. (S¢veator.) 
Tolerably common summer resident in the lower Fraser Valley. 
(Brooks.) Found both on Vancouver Island’and on the southern 
mainland east and west of the Coast Range. (/annin.)  Dis- 
tribution general. Breeding at Lake La Hache, B.C., and in the 
Rocky Mountains at Field. Alt. 7000 feet ; rare. (ARhoads,) 
BREEDING Notes.—This species comes early in the spring and 
leaves late in the autumn. It is far from common and its nest is 
seldom taken. I have met with the nest twice. First in a small 
grove in the township of Escott, Leeds Co., May 15th, 1895. 
This nest was in a tamarac tree (Larix Americana) and contained 
three fresh eggs. The other nest was in the township of Lans- 
downe, Leeds Co.,and contained four fresh eggs on the 8thof May. 
