Birds of Indiana. 



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*132. (333). Accipiter cooperii (Bonap.). 



Cooper's Hawk. 



Synonyms, Big Blue Hawk, Big Blue-tailed Hawk, Long-tailed Dart, 



Dartek. 



Cooper's Hawk. 

 (Fisher-Year Book, 17. S. Dept. of Agriculture.) 



Adult. — TTniform bluish-gray above, top of head, blackish; I nil, 



crossed by several blackish bands; below, white, with breast and sides 



barred with dusky or rufons. Immalure. — Dusky above, mme or less 



spotted with lighter, feathers with rusty edges; below, whitish, 



•streaked with brown or dusky. 



Length, 14.00-20.00; wing, 8.85-11.00; tail, 7.80-10.50. (Fisher). 



Eange. — North America, from southern Mexico north to New- 

 foundland, Manitoba and British Columbia. Breeds from Gulf of 



