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appeUle. * His (lepredatiuiis among domestic 



fowls are very df.stiuctive. " (Land Birds, 1832, p. 90.) 



Mr. H. Nehrling says: "This very common and impudent 

 robber is the most destructive of the Raptores to the barn- 

 yard fowls; in a shoil time all the young chicliens, turkeys 

 and ducks are killed by it." (Bull. Nutl. Ornith. Club, Vol. 

 VII, 82, p. 174.) 



Mr Thomas Mcllwaith says: "This is one of the chicken 

 liawks, and it well deserves the name, from the havoc it 

 makes among the poultrj'." (Birds of Ontario, p. 137.) 



DESTROYS QUAIL. 



"Mr. Henshaw informs me that the Cooper's Hawk is very 

 partial to quail flesli in Calif nrnia and the southern territories, 

 and that it undoubtedly secures many victims. He once saw 

 a young female dart into a bevy of Gambel's quail and seize 

 one with the utmost ease, though the birds were flying at full 

 speed. In an instant the flock scattered in every direction and 

 sought refuge in the bushes, from which it proved next to im- 

 possible to dislodge them. They had recognized their enemy 

 and evidently knew that tht ir only chance for safety lay in 

 close hiding." 



FEEDS ON DOMESTIC PIGEONS. 



"Cooper's Hawk is very destructive to domestic pigeons, 

 and when it finds a cote which is easy of approach, it is very 

 troublesome. Dr. William C. Avery, of Greensboro, Alabama, 

 informs us that dui-ing one year he killed and wounded at 

 least a dozen of these hawks before the inroads among liis 

 doves ceased. Among the smaller birds, this hawk is very 

 fond of meadow larks, robins and flickers. The writer, on 

 several occasions, has secured specimens in hot pursuit of the 

 last named bird, which gave expression to their alarm by loud 

 and continued cries." 



KILLS GROUSE AND OTHER GAME. 



The common name of "Long-tailed Pheasant Hawk," 

 bj which this swift-wingecJ plunderer is best known in 

 the mountainous and sparsely settled regions, is giveu 

 because of the great damage this hawk does by de- 

 stroying Ruffed Grouse. For several years past the 

 writer has every season visited different localities in 

 i'enusylvania, for the purpose of hunting the Ruffed 

 Grouse or TMioasant, and from personal observation is 

 well aware (hat the Cooper's Hawk is a most destruc- 



