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OHIO EXPERIMENT STATION. 



COOPER'S HAWK, ABOUT ONE-THIRD NATURAL SIZE. 



54. Accipiter cooperii (BONAP.). 

 Cooper's Hawk. 



A common resident ; oftener observed in spring than at any other season. In 

 the winter it retreats to the most sheltered portions of the woods, preferably to the 

 vicinity of evergreens, where such are available, and seldom during the severe season 

 venturing far abroad. 



Although this species has not actually been found breeding in the County, young 

 unable to fly have been captured by Mr. Freeman. 



On March 18, 1*891, there was discovered on the ground in a sheltered situation 

 among evergreens, an immature female Cooper's Hawk, which was from some cause 

 other than a wound so weak that it was unable to fly or even to make more than the 

 most feeble efforts to escape. 



