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 ACCIPITER BRISSON. 



152. Sharp-shinned Hawk. 



Accipiter velox (WiLS.). 



Abundant on Vancouver Island and portions of the Mainland. Brooks 

 has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. 



153. Cooper's Hawk. 



Accipiter cooperii (BoNAP.). 



Found on Vancouver Island and Mainland; have taken it at Sicamous. 

 Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. 



154. American Goshawk. 



Accipiter atricapillus (WiLS.). 



Rather common in interior of Province. A few have been taken on 

 Vancouver Island. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. 



155. Western Goshawk. 



Accipiter atricapillus striatulus (RiDGW.). 



Common throughout the Province. I found it very common at Skidegate, 

 Queen Charlotte Islands, in August, 1895. 



BUTEO CUVIER. 



156. Western Red-tailed Hawk. 



Buteo borealis calurus (CASS.). 



An abundant resident on Vancouver Island and coast of Mainland. Taken 

 at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. (Brooks.) Rare at Massett, Queen Charlotte 

 Islands. (Rev. J. H. Keen.) 



157. Red-bellied Hawk. 



Buteo lineatus elegans (CASS.). 



Not common. I have no record of it on Vancouver Island. It has been 

 taken at Burrard Inlet by J. Fannin, and at Chilliwhack by A. C. Brooks. 



158. Swainson's Hawk. 



Buteo swainsoni (BoNAP.). 



Not common on Vancouver Island ; it has been taken at Victoria and 

 Union. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. 



