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332. Accipiter velox (Wils.). [432.] Sharp-shinned Hawk. 



Range much the same as that of Cooper's Hawk, but a little more 

 northern. In the spring of 1884 very few notes were contributed ou 

 its movements, and they relate to its arrival at latitude 41° 30' in Illi- 

 nois and Iowa about the middle of March, and at Portage la Prairie, 

 Manitoba, April 16. 



In the spring of 1885 the Sharp-shinned Hawk was noted, without 

 any regularity, from various stations from Mount Carinel, Mo., Febru- 

 ary 17 (next one seen April 7), to Minneapolis, Minn., April 9. 



In the fall of 1885 the first was seen at Bonham, Tex., October 14, 

 and the last at Mount Carinel, Mo., October 16. In western Texas it 

 is "abundant in fall; less so in winter" (Lloyd). 



333. Accipiter cooperi (Bonap.). [431.] Cooper's Hawk. 



Breeds throughout the Mississippi Yalley, wintering in the southern 

 parts. In the winter of 18S3-'S4 there was no record north of lati- 

 tude 3S°. One was caught at Pierce City, Mo., in the latter part of 

 February, whose feathers were so coated with ice that it could not fly. 

 hi the spring of 1884 it reached Saint Louis March 11 ; March 25 and 26 

 was seen at Danville, 111., and Laporte City, Iowa; and was reported 

 from Fridley, Minn., March 18. 



In the spring of 1885 the first Cooper's Hawk was seen at Mount 

 Carmel, Mo., April 5, and the last May 10. The first was noted at Grin- 

 nell, Iowa, March 31 ; Laporte City, Iowa, and Lake City, Minn., April 

 26. In the fall of 1885 the last was seen at Mount Carmel October 30. 

 In western Texas it is found with the preceding, common in fall and 

 not rare in winter. 



334. Accipiter atricapillus (Wils.) [433.] Goshawk. 



A tolerably common fall and winter visitant in Manitoba (Seton), and 

 a rare winter visitant to the northern part of the Mississippi Valley, 

 coming south to Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois. Given by Mr. Agers- 

 borg as a winter visitor at Vermillion, Dak., but rare. 



In the spring of 1885 a Goshawk was seen at Lanesboro, Minn., 

 April 4. 



334a. Accipiter atricapillus striatulus Ridgw. [433a.] Western Goshawk . 



Mr. Lloyd states that in western Texas, in December, 1885, he shot a 

 male Western Goshawk and saw its mate several times. 



335. Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi (Aud.). [434.] Harris's Hawk. 



The normal range of Harris's Hawk is from southern Louisiana and 

 southern Texas southward. In the valley of the Lower Bio Grande, in 

 Texas, it is an abundant resident. At Eagle Pass, in southwestern 

 Texas, it was reported as an abundant summer resident. 

 337. Buteo borealis (G-mel.). [436.] Fed-tailed Hawk. 



Breeds throughout Manitoba and the Mississippi Valley, and stays 

 quite far north in winter. During the winter of 1884->85 it was reported 

 from Vermillion, Dak., and Chicago, 111. 



