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(122) 332. Accipiter velox (Wils.). SHARPED-SHINNED 

 HAWK. A rather uncommon migrant, and summer resident. 

 Probably occurs rarely in winter. 



(April) to (November) . 



(123) 333. Accipiter cooperii (Bonap.) . COOPER'S HAWK. 

 Chicken Hawk. A common migrant and summer resident, prob- 

 ably occurring rarely in winter. 



(April) to (November). 



(124) 334. Accipiter atricapillus (Wils.). AMERICAN 

 GOSHAWK. An irregular and rare winter visitant. Mr. F. T. 

 Jencks writes that " large numbers were killed in a winter about 

 twenty-five or twenty years ago." Mr. H. S. Hathaway writes 

 that " Mr. Patrick Wally shot an adult female at Scituate, on 

 October 30, 1893, and that during the winter of 1896 twenty-nine 

 birds, twenty-two adults, and seven young were brought in from 

 nearby towns in Rhode Island and Connecticut to Mr. J. W. 

 Critchley, Taxidermist, to be mounted, one of which he bought, 

 a female shot at Scituate, on November 24, 1896. >M Mr. O. 

 Durfee also writes that he saw " one near the mouth of Lee's 

 River, on February 14, 1897." There is an adult taken at Che- 

 pachet, January 22, 1898, and a young bird taken at West Green- 

 wich December 2, 1890 in the Smith collection. 



(125) 337. Buteo borealis (Gmel.). RED-TAILED HAWK. 

 Hen Hawk. A not uncommon winter visitant, and uncommon 

 summer resident. Lt. Wirt Robinson saw one at Newport, 

 December 25, 1890, took others on January 21, 31, March 25, 

 i $9 1. Mr. H. S. Hathaway writes that " a male was taken at 

 Phillipsdale, on December 25, 1892, by Mr. Walter Barstow, a 

 female at Pine Hill, Exeter, November 30, 1893, a male, in 

 adult plumage, at Scituate on December 2 ?, 1893, and one in 

 January, 1894." There are numerous other records. 



(126) 339. Buteo lineatus (Gmel.). RED-SHOULDERED 

 HAWK. Hen Hawk. A common resident throughout the year. 



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