48 Oneida Historical Society. 



g8. Accipiter cooperi. 



COOPER'S HAWK. 



Quite common summer resident in some parts of the county. 

 Breeds. 



gg. Astur atricapilliis atricapillus. 



GOSHAWK. 



Not common except in the northern part of the county and 

 in the WesI Canada Creek Valley, where I see them every 

 spring and where I collected a nest May 9, 1898, about five 

 miles from Morehouseville, Hamilton County, in a beech, 

 thirty feet from the ground, where several branches starting 

 out in all directions made a perfect chair for the nest. In the 

 virgin forest, one-quarter of a mile from the West Canada 

 Creek. Composed of coarse sticks and lined with rotten wood. 

 Outside diameter about three feet; nest proper, eight inches 

 by two. Birds were demonstrative, flying about and uttering 

 their shrill, flicker-like cry, but not coming very close till the 

 climber descended. Eggs 2 7-16x1 13-16, 2 7-16x1 12-16, 

 2 8-16x1 12-16. Pale green, blotched or apparently stained 

 ^ with light ocherous of various shades. A specimen taken at 

 Remsen in January, 1888, a second somewhat later in the same 

 winter, one at Trenton Falls during the next summer and 

 one at Remsen in October, 1889. Illustrating the boldness of 

 this bird: The late George H. Ferris of Utica reported that 

 while he was hunting grouse on the Deerfield hills some years 

 ago, he was in the thick brush and wearing a fur cap, when a 

 Goshawk, probably mistaking his head covering for some 

 small animal, swooped upon it, discovered its mistake before 

 striking, and passing close to his head, immediately lit and 

 was shot from its perch. 



100. Buteo borealis borealis. 



RED-TAILED HAWK. 



A common summer resident. Breeds. Some probably 

 remain all winter. 



