226 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Seven ; two taken at Ottawa, Ont., by F. A. Saunders, August 

 2nd, 1890, and September 12th, 1891 ; three at Ottawa by G. R. 

 White in 1884, 1885 and 1888 ; two taken at Chilliwack, B. 

 C, by W. Spreadborough, August nth and September 7th, 1901. 



One set of four eggs, taken at Wood Mountain, Assa.,. June 12th, 

 1895. Nest in a small tree about ten feet from the ground. 



333, Cooper's Hawk. 



Accipzier cooperii (BonAP.) Gray. 1844 

 This species is either unequally distributed or not readily sep- 

 erated from other species 



An uncommon summer migrant in Newfoundland. {Reeks.) 

 Very rare in Nova Scotia. Col. Egan procured and mounted one 

 specimen. {Gilpin.) Not common at Wolfville, King's Co., N.S.; 

 absent in winter. {H. Tufts.) A pair seen in Brackley Point woods, 

 Prince Edward Island. {Macoun.) An uncommon summer resi- 

 dent in New Brunswick. {Chamberlain!) Common in the Resti- 

 gouche Valley and sparingly distributed through the whole St. 

 Lawrence Valley and and westward throughout Ontario. {Macoun.) 

 This species is a summer resident in Manitoba and extends north 

 to the Saskatchewan. {Tkompson-Seton.) I have a mature bird, 

 taken on April 25th, 1896, at Banff, Alberta. (/. H. Fleming.) 

 Apparently rare in the Rocky Mountains. Not common in the 

 Columbia Valley, but was taken at Revelstoke May 5th, 1890, and 

 seen later at Nelson on Kootanie River. {Macoun.) Met with, in 

 British Columbia, only at the Ducks, near Kamloops. {Streator.) 

 Tolerably common summer resident in the lower- Eraser Valley. 

 {Brooks.) Found both on Vancouver Islandjand on the southern 

 mainland east and west of the Coast Range. {Fannin.) Dis- 

 tribution general. Breeding at Lake La Hache, B.C., and in the 

 Rocky Mountains at Field. Alt. 7000 feet ; rare. {RhoadSy) 



Breeding Notes. — This species comes early in the spring and 

 leaves late in the autumn. It is far from common and its nest is 

 seldom taken. I have met with the nest twice. First in a small 

 grove in the township of Escott, Leeds Co., May isth, 1895. 

 This nest was in a tamarac tree {Larix Americana) and contained 

 three fresh eggs. The other nest was in the township of Lans- 

 downe, Leeds Co., and contained four fresh eggs on the8thof May. 



