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markings is a very bright reddish brown. (W. E. Saunders.) 

 Tolerably common at Aweme, Man., nesting in low trees about 

 four to twelve feet from the ground. (Criddle.) Osgood found 

 a nest of this species about fifteen feet from the ground in a small 

 spruce near the centre of an- island near Nordenskiold river, Alaska. 

 (Bishop.) 



333. Cooper Hawk. 



AccipHer cooperii (Bonap.) Gray. 1844. 



This species is either unequally distributed or not readily separated 

 from other species by observers. 



An uncommon summer migrant in Newfoundland. (Reeks.) 

 Very scarce in Nova Scotia. Col. Egan procured and mounted one 

 specimen. (Gilpin.)] Not common at Wolfville, Kings county, 

 N.S. ; absent in winter. (H. F. Tufts.) Seen on Cape Breton island, 

 N.S. (Townsend.) A pair seen in Brackley point woods, Prince 

 Edward island. (Macoun.) An uncommon summer resident in 

 New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) Common in the Restigouche 

 valley, and sparingly distributed through the whole St. Lawrence 

 valley and westward throughout Ontario. (Macoun.) Rare mi- 

 grant at Toronto, Ont. (/. H. Fleming.) One seen on the Hayes 

 river, Keewatin. (Preble.) Rather rare; evidently breeds at Aweme, 

 Man. (Criddle.) This species is a summer resident in Manitoba, 

 and extends north to the Saskatchewan. (E.T.Seton.) I have a mature 

 bird, taken on April 25th, 1896, at Banff, Alberta. (/. H. Fleming.) 

 Apparently rare in the Rocky mountains. Not common in the 

 Columbia valley, but was taken at Revelstoke, May 5th, 1890, and 

 seen later at Nelson, on Kootenay river. (Macoun.) Met with, in 

 British Columbia, only at the Ducks, near Kamloops. (Streator.) 

 Tolerably common summer resident in the lower Eraser valley. 

 (Brooks.) Found both on Vancouver island and on the southern 

 mainland, east and west of the Coast range. (Fannin.) Distribu- 

 tion general. Breeding at Lake la H^che, B.C., and in the Rocky 

 mountains at Field; alt., 7,000 feet; rare. (Rhoads.) Saw a pair 

 at Elko, B.C., 1904; a pair at Midway, B.C., April 25th, 1905, and 

 two at Penticton, B.C., in 1903. (Spreadborough.) Several seen 

 during the second and third weeks of August at Sitka, Alaska. 

 (Grinnell.) 



