towls are \ei.v d^-sUuctiv 



Mr. H. Nehrling says: "This very cjoiumon and impudent 

 robber is the most destructive o£ the Raptores to the barn- 

 yard fowls; in a short time all the young chickens, turkeys 

 and ducks are killed by it." (Bull. Xutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. 

 VII, 82. p. 174.) 



Mr Thomas Mcllwaith says: "This is one of the chicken 

 hawks, and it well deserves the name, from the havoc it 

 makes among the poultry." (Birds of Ontario, p. l.'iT.l 



DESTROYS QU.VIL. 



"ilr. Henshaw informs me that the Coopers Hawk is very 

 partial to quail flesh in California and the southern territories, 

 and that it undoubtedly secures many victims. He once saw 

 a young female dart into a hevy of Gambel's quail and seize 

 one with the utmost ease, tliough the birds were flying at full 

 speed. In an instant the flook scattered in every direction and 

 sought refuge in the bushes, from which it proved next to im- 

 possible to dislodge them. They had recognized their enemy 

 and evidently knew that thtir only chance for safety lay in 

 close hiding." 



FEEDS ON DOMESTIC PIGEO.VS. 



•Cooper's Hawk is very destructive to domestic jiigeon.s, 

 and when it finds a cote which is easy of approach, it is very 

 troublesome. Dr. William C. Avery, of Greensboro, Alabama, 

 informs us that during one year he killed and wounded at 

 least a dozen of these hawks before the inroads among his 

 doves ceased. Among the smaller birds, this hawk is very 

 fond ol meadow larks, robins and flickers. The writer, on 

 several occasions, has secured specimens In hot pursuit of the 

 last named bird, which gave expression to their alarm by loud 

 and continued cries." 



KILLS GROUSE AND OTHER GAME. 



The common name of "Long-tailed Pheasant Hawk," 

 by wlueh this swift-winged plunderer is best knt)wn in 

 the mountainous and sparsely settled regions, is given 

 because of the great damage this hawk does by de- 

 stroying Ruflfed Grouse. For several years past the 

 writer has every season visited different localities in- 

 Pennsylvania, for the jiurpose of hunting the Ruffnil 

 (rrousc 01' Plieasant, and from personal observation !•< 

 well awtire ihat the Cooper's Hawk is a UKi.st dt-stnic 



