352 THEOUGH THE MACKENZIE BASIN 



and Chilliwack, B.C., and one set of eggs taken at Wood 

 Mountain, Saskatchewan, June 12th, 1895. Nest found 

 on a small tree about ten feet from the ground. 



333. Coopee's Hawk — Accipiter cooperi (Bonap.). 



On the 11th of July, 1899, a male and female were shot 

 in the vicinity of Eort St. James, Stuart's Lake, B.C. 

 Although the species doubtless breeds in that quarter, no nest 

 could be found. This was my first and only acquaintance 

 with Cooper's hawk. It is not entered in Mr. Boss's Bird 

 List. Bendire states that this hawk must be considered as 

 one of the few really injurious E.a'ptores found anywhere, and 

 it is fairly common at all seasons throughout the greater 

 part of the United States. It does, in the abrogate, more 

 damage than all other hawks, and is the equal in every way, 

 both in spirit and dash, as well as in blood-thirstiness, of its 

 larger relative, the goshawk — lacking, however, the strength 

 of the latter, owing to its much smaller size. It is by far 

 the worst enemy of all the smaller game birds, living to a 

 great extent on them, as well as on small birds generally. 

 They lay from three to five eggs. 



The Ottawa Museum contains one specimen skin, pur- 

 chased with the Holman collection, and two sets of eggs 

 taken in 1889 and 1895, in Leeds County, Ontario, and in 

 North Toronto. 



834. Ameeican" GospiAWK — Accipiter atricapillus (Wilson). 



An example bird shot near Fort Providence, early in 

 June, 1885, was afterwards forwarded to Dr. Bell. In the 

 spring of 1891, Mr. Henry McKay, of Pelican Narrows post, 

 found a nest built on a tree at a height of fifteen feet. It 

 was composed of twigs and grasses, with a few feathers, and 

 contained five fresh eggs. The parent bird was seen and 

 identified in the immediate neighbourhood. Dr. Russell 

 obtained two specimens at Grand Bapids and seven at Port 

 Kae, while stationed at both points in the early nineties of 



