Hawks 



332. Sharp-shinned Hawk [Accipitervdox). L.c?, 

 *i.2: ¥, 13.5; T. c?, 5.5; ¥, 7. Tall square at ena. 

 ^iis. Above slaty gray; crown darker; below barred 

 white and rusty brown. Yng. Above blackish brown 

 lightly margined with rusty; below white streaked 

 with brown. Note the relatively long tail in this and 

 the two following species. NoUs, Cac-cac-cac. 

 (Ralph.) 



Range.— North America; breeds througliout Its range but chiefly 

 northward; winters from Massachusetts and Vancouver island south- 

 ward. 



333. Cooper* Hawk {Accipiier cooperii). L. 

 I'J.S; ?. 10; T, cT- 7.7; 9(9. Similar in color to iNo. 

 ill, but tail founded; adult with crown blacker. Notes. 

 A cackling or chattering. (Bendire, ) 



Rang?.— No'lh A-nerlca; breeds from southern Meitlco north to 

 British America; winters from Massachusetts, Lower Mississippi Val- 

 ley and Oregon southward. 



334. American GoshawK [Accipikr atricapillus) . 

 L. ^^,22; 9,24; T. c?, 10; 9, II. 5. Ads. Above 

 blui,--h slate; crown darker; a whitish line over the eye 

 to the nape; betow finely marked with gray and white. 

 Yne. Above blackish hrown, rusty and buff; below 

 buffy white streaked with blackish. 



Range.— North America; breeds chiefly north of United Slates; 

 winters south to New Jersey, rarely Virginia, Illinois, Missouri and 

 Katisas; west to Oregon, 



334a. Western Goshawk {A. a. striatuhis). Simi- 

 lar to No. JJ4, but Ad. dark plumbeous above, mark- 

 ings on lower parts heavier and darker. Stripes on 

 lower parts of yw^. broader and blacker. (Ridgw.) 

 Notes. A shrill scream and a frequently repeated 

 keeah or kreeah. (Bendln* J 



Range.— "Western North America; north to Sitka. Alaska; south to 

 California; east to Idaho. Breeds In the Sierra Nevada south to 

 latitude 18°. " (A. O. U.) 



346. Mexican Goshawk {Asturina plagt'ata}. L. 

 17. Ads. Above slaty i^ray; below barred slaty-gray 

 and white. Yng. Above blackish brown with rusty 

 markings, particularly on wing-coverts; longer upper 

 tail-coverts white with black spots or bars; tail brown- 

 ish with numerous black bars; below whitish with 

 large elongate spots. Notes. A peculiar piping npte 

 uttered while hovering in the air. (Bendire.) 



Range.— Middle America, from Panama north, in March, to Mexican 

 txndw of United btates. 



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