GOSHAWK. 



43 



Table showing the results of examinations of 133 stomach 

 (Accipiter cooperi) — Continued. 



of Cooper's Hawk 



Locality. 



Date. 



Poultry 

 or game 

 hirds. 



Other hirds. 



Mammals. 



Miscellaneous. 





Sept. 19, 1890 

 Apr. 15, 1889 

 Oct. 11,1890 

 Nov. 1,1890 

 May 4,1890 

 Nov. ] 6, 1891 

 Mar. 17, 1892 

 Mar. 17, 1891 

 Oct. 1, 1891 

 Oct. 12,1891 

 May 1,1892 

 Jan. 11,1891 

 ....do 















White feathers . 

 Thrush. . 



Gray squirrel. . . 





Union County, Ky 



Do 















Wayne County, Mich. . 

















Empty. 



Sandy Spring, Md 















Do. 



Do 











Do 











Do 









Do. 



Sandy Spring, Md 



Do 









Do. 



Quail, 

 chicken. 

 Chicken. 









Do 



-■ - , 1892 









Three Rivers, Cal 



July 28, 1891 

 May 30, 1892 





California ground 

 squirrel. 























Summary. — Of 133 stomachs examined, 34 contained poultry or game hirds ; 52, other hirds ; 11, mam- 

 mals; 1, frog; 3, lizards; 2, insects; and 39 were empty. 



GOSHAWK, 



Accipiter atricapillus. 

 [Plate 6— Adult.] 



The Goshawk is more northerly in its distribution than the two pre- 

 ceding species of the genus and is separable into two geographical 

 races. The typical form (atricapillus) inhabits northern and eastern 

 North America west to the Eocky Mountains-and eastern Washington 

 and Oregon; breeding in the east chiefly north of the United States 

 and in the Rocky Mountains as far south as Colorado. The west coast 

 race (striatulus) inhabits the Pacific coast north to Sitka, and breeds 

 as far south, in the Sierra Nevada, as latitude 30°. The writer has 

 seen a specimen from Labrador which to all appearances was iden- 

 tical with those from the west coast. In autumn and winter it wanders 

 south casually to Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, and New 

 Mexico. As above stated, but a small proportion of the species re- 

 main in the United States to breed, though a few are found in all the 

 northern tier of States during that period. It is a common resident 

 throughout the wooded portions of the British provinces, and in sum- 

 mer occurs commonly from Hudson Bay to the Arctic Circle and through 

 the intervening country to northern Alaska. 



The Goshawk, like the two preceding species of the genus, feeds largely 

 on the flesh of birds, and to a less extent on mammals. Poultry, ducks, 

 grouse, and many of the smaller birds, together with hares, squirrels, 

 and other rodents make up its fare. Fortunately, in most farming dis- 

 tricts, at least in the United States, it is comparatively rare except 

 during the fall and winter months, otherwise its depredations among the 



