1 86 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



GENUS ACCIPITER BRISSON. 

 SUBGENUS ACCIPITER. 



Accipiter BRISS. Orn. I. 1760, 310. Type, by elimination, Falco nisus 

 LINN. 



332. Accipiter velox (WILS.). 



Sharp-shiuned Hawk. 



Falco velox WILS. Am. Orn. V. 1812, 116, pi. 45, fig. I. 

 Accipiter -uelox VIGORS, Zool. Journ. I. 1824, 338. 



[B 17, C 338, R 432, C 494.] 

 HAD. North America in general, south to Panama. 



333. Accipiter cooperi (BONAP.). 



Cooper's Hawk. 



Falco cooperi BONAP. Am. Orn. II. 1828, I, pi. x. fig. i. 

 Accipiter cooperi GRAY, List B. Brit. Mus. Accipitres, 1844, 38. 



[B 15, 16, C 339, R 431, C 495.] 

 HAB. North America in general, south to Southern Mexico. 



SUBGENUS ASTUR LACEPEDE. 



Astur LACEP. Mem. de PInst. III. 1801, 505. Type, Falco palumba- 

 rius LINN. 



334. Accipiter atricapiUus (WILS.). 



American Goshawk. 



Falco atricapiUus WILS. Am. Orn. VI. 1812, 80, pi. 52, fig. 3. 

 Accipiter airicapillus SEEBOHM, Brit. Birds, I. 1883, iv. 



[B 14, C 340, R 433, C 496.] 



HAB. Northern and Eastern North America, breeding mostly north 

 of the United States, south in winter to the Middle States. Acciden- 

 tal in England. 



3340. Accipiter atricapilhis striatulus RIDGW. 



Western Goshawk. 



Astur atricapiUus var. striatulus RIDGW. in Hist. N. Am. B. III. 



1874, 240. 

 Accipiter atricapiUus striatulus RIDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 



1885, 355- 



