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markings is a very bright reddish brown. (W. E. Saunders.) 
Tolerably common at Aweme, Man., nesting in low trees about 
four to twelve feet from the ground. (Criddle.) Osgood found 
a nest of this species about fifteen feet from the ground in a small 
spruce near the centre of an island near Nordenskiold river, Alaska. 
(Bishop.) 
333. Cooper Hawk. 
Acctpiter coopertt (BONAP.) GRAY. 1844. 
This species is either unequally distributed or not readily separated 
from other species by observers. 
An uncommon summer migrant in Newfoundland. (Reeks.) 
Very scarce in Nova Scotia. Col. Egan procured and mounted one 
specimen. (Gilpin.)i Not common at Wolfville, Kings county, 
N.S.; absent in winter. (H.F. Tujts.) Seen on Cape Breton island, 
N.S. (Townsend.) A pair seen in Brackley point woods, Prince 
Edward island. (Macoun.) An uncommon summer resident in 
New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) Common in the Restigouche 
valley, and sparingly distributed through the whole St. Lawrence 
valley and westward throughout Ontario. (Macoun.) Rare mi- 
grant at Toronto, Ont. (/. H. Fleming.) One seen on the Hayes 
river, Keewatin. (Preble.) Rather rare; evidently breeds at Aweme, 
Man. (Criddle.) This species is a summer resident in Manitoba, 
and extends north to the Saskatchewan. (E.T.Seton.) Ihave a mature 
bird, taken on April 25th, 1896, at Banff, Alberta. (J. 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 Kootenay river. (Macoun.) Met with, in 
British Columbia, only at the Ducks, near Kamloops. (Streator.) 
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. (Fannin.) Distribu- 
tion general. Breeding at Lake la Hache, B.C., and in the Rocky 
mountains at Field; alt.,.7,000 feet; rare. (Rhoads.) Saw a pair 
at Elko, B.C., 1904; a pair at Midway, B.C., April 25th, 1905, and 
two at Penticton, B.C., in 1903. (Spreadborough.) Several seen 
during the second and third weeks of August at Sitka, Alaska. 
(Grinnell.) 
