BIRDS OF INDIANA. 





*132, (333). Accipiter cooperii (BONAP.). 



Cooper's Hawk. 



Synonyms, BIG BLUE HAWK, BIG BLUE-TAILED HAWK, LONG-TAILED DART, 



DARTER. 



Cooper's Hawk. 

 (Fisher-Year Book, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.) 



Adult. Uniform bluish-gray above, top of head, blackish; (nil, 

 crossed by several blackish bands; below, white, with breast and sides 

 barred with dusky or rufous. Immature. Dusky above, more or less 

 spotted with lighter, feathers with rusty edges; below, whitish, 

 streaked with brown or dusky. 



Length, 14.00-20.00; wing, 8.85-11.00; tail, 7.80-10.50. (Fisher). 



RANGE. North America, from southern Mexico north to New- 

 foundland, Manitoba and British Columbia. Breeds from Gulf of 



