Wee THE AMERICAN GOSHAWK. 
Recognition Marks.—Crow to Brant size; adult slaty blue above, white 
mottled with slaty gray below; rather short, rounded wings; white line over eye 
distinctive. 
Nesting.— Not known to breed in Ohio. Nest, high in trees, usually conifer- 
ous, of sticks, twigs, and grass, lined with bark-strips and grass. Eggs, 2-5, 
“white or glaucous white, sometimes very faintly marked with pale brownish.” 
Av. size, 2.32 X 1.79 (58.9 X 45.5). 
General Range.—Northern and eastern North America, south in winter to 
the Middle States and southern Rocky Mountain region; casually west to Oregon. 
Accidental in England. Breeding range restricted to the Canadian Fauna of the 
United States and northward. 
Range in Ohio.—Not common winter visitor. 
THIS intrepid marauder of the north is not seen within the limits of 
our state often enough to be clearly distinguished from its resident ally, 
the Cooper Hawk. It is somewhat larger, with short, rounded wings, and a 
tail superlatively long. Its wings are moved very rapidly in flight, and it is usu- 
ally wary and restless, tho not unapproachable. The bird is even more ven- 
turesome than the Cooper Hawk, and appears at times among the poultry 
with the quickness of a meteor, carrying off the choicest of the flock before 
the farmer's face and eyes. There is seldom anyone to call him to account, 
and during the migrations at least, the “Blue Hawk” has less conscience than 
a pirate. In former days, when the Ruffed Grouse was more abundant, his 
tireless pursuit of this valuable game bird earned him the name of Partridge 
Hawk, while in his native wilds in the far north he still feasts upon Grouse and 
Ptarmigan, and is ready for anything up to the size of a Goose. 
On the 13th of March, 1901, I saw a gunner on the O. S. U. grounds 
drop one of these birds from the top of an elm tree into the waters of the 
Olentangy, where it was left to shift for itself. Not suspecting the value 
of the kill I made a long detour and crossed the river in order to put the 
Hawk out of its misery. Altho severely wounded, the bird, once rescued 
from the drift, made a spirited fight, and was not despatched until its beau- 
tiful plumage was quite ruined. A year later, within a day, another Goshawk 
was narrowly observed with binoculars in the same bottom. 
