BIRDS OF PREY 



SSS. Cooper's Hawk. Accipiter cooperi. 



Range. — Whole of temperate North America, 

 breeding throughout its range. 



opers HawK 



Bluish white 



Although larger (length 17 inches), the plum- 

 age of this species is almost exactly the same 

 as that of the preceding. Like the last, this is also a destructive species. 

 They construct their nests in the crotches of trees, generally at quite a height 

 from the ground; the nest is made of sticks and twigs, and often lined with 

 pieces of bark; occasionally an old Hawk's or Crow's nest is used by the birds. 

 Their eggs are bluish white, unmarked or faintly spotte'd with pale brown. 



33i. Goshawk. Astur atricapillus atricapillus. 



Range. — Northern North America, south in winter to tlie northern parts o£ 

 the United States. 



This species is one of the largest, strongest and most audacicus of American 

 Hawks, frequently carrying off Grouse and poultry, the latter often in the 

 presence of the owner. It is a handsome species in the adult plumage, with 

 bluish gray upper parts, and light under parts, finely vermiculated with grayish 

 and black shafts to the feathers. Length 23 inches. Their nests are placed 

 well up in the tallest trees, usually in dense woods, the nests being of sticks 



lined with weeds and bark. The three or 

 four eggs are bluish w4iite, generally un- 

 marked, but occasionally with faint spots of 

 brown. Size 2.30 x 1.70. 



American Goshawk 



Bluish white 



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