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* * Accipiier nisui, of Barope. The cut well represents our Sharp-sbianed, Coopec'sor Goshawk. 



trequently a scrubby oak or a birch offers a favorite site, and the height from the 

 ground may range from ten to sixty feet; the nests generally rest against the trunk 

 of the tree at the base of a limb. The composition of the nests are small sticks 

 forming a platform with a slight hollow, usually without lining. Occasionally nests 

 are placed in cavities similar to those of the Sparrow Hawk, or upon a ledge of rock 

 overhanging a lake or river. Mr. O. C. Poling informs me that in Western Illinois 

 this Hawk selects for che s..e of its nest the top branches of an almost limbless tree, 

 usually an oak, which is situated in dense woods; it is generally composed of oak 

 twigs and leaves. Mr. Poling states that nesting begins by the middle of April; all 

 the nests he has observed contained five eggs, although others were found in that 

 region containing three and four. Mv. Charles F. Morrison, of Fort Lewis, Colorado, 



