BIRDS OF PREY 
333. Cooper’s Hawk. Accipiter cooperi. 
Range. — Whole of temperate North America, 
breeding throughout its range. 
Although larger (length 17 inches), the plum 
age of this species is almost exactly the same 
as that of the preceding. Like the last, this is also a destructive species. 
They construct their nests in the crotches of trees, generally at quite a height 
from the ground; the nest is made of sticks and twigs, and often lined with 
pieces of bark; occasionally an old Hawk’s or Crow’s nest is used by the birds. 
Their eggs are bluish white, unmarked or faintly spotted with pale brown. 
Bluish white 
334. Goshawk. Astur atricapillus atricapillus. 
Range. — Northern North America, south in winter to the northern parts of 
the United States. 
This species is one of the largest, strongest and most audacious of American 
Hawks, frequently carrying off Grouse and poultry, the latter often in the 
presence of the owner. It is a handsome species in the adult plumage, with 
bluish gray upper parts, and light under parts, finely vermicuiated with grayish 
and black shafts to the feathers. Length 23 inches. Their nests are placed 
well up in the tallest trees, usually in dense woods, the nests being of sticks 
lined with weeds and bark. The three or 
four eggs are bluish white, generally un- 
marked, but occasionally with faint spots of 
brown. Size 2.30 x 1.70. 
Bluish white 
American Goshawk 
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