18 NEW- YORK FAUNA — BIRDS. 



COOPER'S HAWK. 



AsTDR COOPERI. 



PLATE IV. FIG. 5 (Adult malk). 



(STATE COLLECTION. Young male.) 



Falco cooperi. Bonap. Lyceum Nat. Hist. N. Y. Vol. 2, p. 433. 

 F. id. Id. Am. Orn. Vol. 2, pi. 10, fig. 1 (young). 



F. stanlei, Stanley's Hawk. Adddbon, folio, pi. 36, 141 ; Orn. Biog. Vol. 1, p. 189 ; Mid Vol. 2, p. 265. 

 Falco StarJet. Nuttall, Manual, Vol. 1, p. 91. 



Cooper's Hawk. Audubon, B. of A. Vol. 1, p. 98, pi. 24 (male and female). 

 F. cooperi. Cooper's Hawk. Kirtland, Zool. of Ohio, p. 179. 

 Astw cooperi. GlRADD, Birds of Long island, p. 20. 



Characteristics. Bluish grey above ; tail barred and distinctly rounded. Young, dusky 

 brown, spotted with white. Larger than the preceding. Length, 20 

 inches. 



Description. Bill robust, curved from the base, and abruptly so at the tip. Tail eight 

 inches long, and extending five inches beyond the wings. Legs slender, 2*7 long, and, with 

 the toes, not reaching the tip of the tail ; inner and hind claw largest. Tail rounded. 



Color. Above bluish grey ; beneath reddish or white and reddish, with Tust-colored trans- 

 verse bars. Primaries reddish brown, crossed occasionally with blackish bands. Thigh- 

 feathers with brown bars or arrow-head spots. Tail inclining to slate-grey, with four broad 

 blackish brown bands, and broadly tipped with white. Cere and legs yellow. Bill bluish, 

 passing into black at the tip. 



Length, 1 8 • - 22 • 0. Alar extent, 30 • - 32 • 0. 



This species, which had been previously confounded with the preceding, was first detected 

 as distinct by Charles Bonaparte. It is a bold and swift bird, attacking chiefly the smaller birds. 

 Breeds in the mountainous districts of the Northern and Middle States, laying 3-4 round, 

 rough, white eggs. Its geographical range appears to be confined between the 29th and 41st 

 parallels, being seldom found north of this State. 



