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six, and have collected in one season, twelve 
birds, I do not think it rare, but some seasons 
they do not make their appearance before 
autumn. Ihave shot them mostly near a barn, 
and found them to contain chickens in their crops. 
I have also found them plenty in Virginia, when 
hunting quail, on which they also feed. I have 
never found the nest, but think it breeds in the 
high timber in Minnesota, as I have met the bird 
while shooting prairie chickens in the month of 
August. I have the eggs in my collection, ob- 
tained in the British settlements. 
Alccipiter Cooperit —Bonap. 
Cooper’s Hawk. 
It is quite a common bird all over the country. 
T have killed it at all seasons; it is very plenty 
in Virginia and Iowa, and feeds on quail, young 
prairie chickens and meadow larks. I have dis- 
sected them and found these birds in them 
scarcely digested. I have been shooting qtail 
and seen this hawk chase a wounded ‘bird until 
it reached some thicket, when I have gone and 
picked the bird up. It breeds in New Jersey, 
and as far west as Iowa, and builds its nest on 
trees and rocks. 
Accipiter Fuscus—Bonap. 
Sharp-shinned Hawk. 
It is considered among gunners a bird hawk. 
I have seen it catch birds while I was shooting 
