98 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



RAPTORES. FALCONES. 



FALCONIDAE. 



R. I. Uncommon migrant, rare summer and winter resident. 

 Eggs, May 23, 25. 



CONN. Common migrant, less common summer and winter 

 resident. Eggs, May 15-June 26. 



187. ACCIPITER COOPERII (Bonaparte) Gray. 

 Cooper's hawk; Chicken hawk. 



Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 199; A. K. 

 Fisher, Hawks and owls of U. S., 1893, pi. 5. Egg, Bendire, 1892, 

 vol. 1, pi. 5, fig. 18-20. 



Falco cooperii Bonap., Amer. ornith., 1828, vol. 2, p. 1, pi. 10, 

 fig. 1. "NEAR BORDENTOWN, NEW JERSEY." 



Open country and woods; nests in trees. 



ME. Uncommon summer resident. April 4-Oct. 24 (? Jan. 

 16). 



N. H. Uncommon migrant and summer resident at lower 

 elevations. Mar. 26-Oct. Eggs, May 12-30. 



VT. Uncommon migrant and summer resident; (? winter). 

 Eggs, April 22. 



MASS. Uncommon migrant and summer resident; rare in 

 winter. Eggs, April 25- June 11. 



R. I. Common migrant, less common summer resident; prob- 

 ably winters rarely. Eggs, May 12-14. 



CONN. Common migrant, less common summer and winter 

 resident. Eggs, April 25-June 18. 



188. ASTUR ATRICAPILLUS (Wilson) Bonaparte. 

 American goshawk; Blue hawk; Partridge hawk. 



Falco atricapillus Wils., Amer. ornith., 1812, vol. 6, p. 80, pi. 

 52, fig. 3. NEAR "PHILADELPHIA." 

 Accipiter atricapillus (Wils.). Chapman, Handb. birds east. 



