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(122) 332. Accipiter velox CWils.). 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." ^ 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, 

 1891. 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. 



' Osprey, Vol. I, No. 8, p. iii. 



