THE BIKDS OF MONTREAL. 



dull-buffy, striped with brown. Young : Above, 

 blackish-brown, streaked with deep-rusty, upper 

 tail-coverts white, tinged with ochraceous, tail 

 crossed by four bands of black ; " facial disk " 

 dark-brown, broadly edged with rufous ; lower 

 parts rich rusty-ochraceous, paler posteriorly. 



99. Sharp-shinned Hawk. 



Length of male, about 11 inches, and of the 

 female, about 13 inches. Adult male : Above, 

 bluish-gray ; below, mixed vinaceous-rufous and 

 white, in transverse spots and bars. Adult female : 

 Similar in colour to the male. Young : Dusky- 

 brown and rusty above ; below, white, striped and 

 spotted with brown. 



100. Cooper's Hawk. 



Length of male, about 15J inches, and female, 

 about 19 inches. Tail of male about 8 inches, and 

 female about 10 inches long. Similar in plumage 

 to the Sharp-shinned Hawk, but size much larger. 



101. American Goshawk. 



Length of male, about 22 inches, tail about 10 

 inches long ; female, about 24 inches, tail about 12 

 inches long. Adults : Bluish-gray, top of head 

 black ; below, white, zig-zagged with slaty-grayish. 

 Young : Above, dusky grayish-brown ; below, 

 whitish, with narrow blackish stripes, tear-shaped 



