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upward, and I found a family along Feather River, July 

 25, 1885, where they had probably been reared. 



Willamette Valley. 0. B. Johnson. Occasionally 

 seen. 



Cooper, 1860. Very abundant in summer. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. An abundant 

 summer resident. 



Henshaw, 1879. Appears to be more numerous in 

 this region than the sharp-shinned hawk. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. Rare; seldom seen. 



Hoffman. Not uncommon. 



Ridgway. This daring depredator was more or less 

 common in all localities where small birds abounded, 

 but it was far from numerous anywhere. 



27. Accipiter atricapillus striatulus Ridgw. WESTERN 

 GOSHAWK . 



British Columbia. John Fannin. Summer resident; 

 not common. 



Suckley. I obtained several specimens both at Fort 

 Dalles and Fort Steilacoom. 



Cooper, 1860. It would seem to be the special fre- 

 quenter of dark woods, where other hawks are rarely 

 seen. 



Henshaw T , 1879. Seen at several points along the 

 Cascade Mountains in Oregon. 



Bendire. A few pairs breed in the mountains north 

 of Camp Harney. Collected at Walla Walla. 



Calaveras County. L. B. Common summer resident: 

 a pair or two breeding in the grove every summer; 

 never positively identified in the foothills and valleys 

 where it must be very rare if it occurs at all. It is 

 occasionally found on the east slope of the Sierras in 

 summer, as at Webber Lake, Donner Lake and Lake 

 Tahoe. At the latter locality I saw about twenty at dif- 



