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334. AMERICAN GOSHAWK. Acnpitcr atrirapillus (Wils.) Geog. Dist. 

 Northern and Eastern North America; the northern half of United States, a winter 

 resident in some parts. 



A large and handsome hawk one of the most symmetrical in outline of the 

 family; known to breed mostly north of the United States. Its breeding places are 

 usually in thick evergreen woods, the nest being placed in tall hemlock trees; it is 

 bulky and composed of sticks, twigs and weeds, lined with bark strips and grass. 

 The number of eggs laid by the Goshawk varies from two to five. The average 

 size is 2.32x1.75 inches; they are bluish-white in color, sometimes faintly spotted 

 with yellowish-brown. 



334a. WESTERN GOSHAWK, .iccipitcr atrirapillus striatulus Ridgw. Geog. 

 Dist. Western North America. 



A darker colored race than the foregoing, inhabiting the Pacific coast region, 

 north to Sitka, breeding in the Sierra Nevadas probably as far south as 39. General 



334. EUROPEAN GOSHAWK. The cut well represents the American Goshawk (From Brehm). 



