cooper’s iiawk. 
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Sfouse which he had killed, though a larger and heavier 
jurd than himself. Mr Cooper, the friend to whom we 
have dedicated this species, has recently favoured us 
" |th an accurate description of a specimen of a some- 
what larger size, shot in the early part of November, 
°n th e eastern part of Long- Island. 
lhc male Cooper's hawk is eighteen inches in length, 
j I nearly thirty in extent. The bill is black, or rather 
blackish brown ; the cere, greenish yellow ; the angles of 
ff le m< )uth, yellow. The irides are bright yellow. The 
pneral colour above is chocolate brown, the feathers 
Jtuiig whitish gray at base ; on the head, and neck above, 
lo y are blackish, margined with rufous, pure white 
ai 'ds the base, and grayish at the bottom, the w hite 
u > our shewing itself on the top and sides of the neck, 
ail< l being much purer on the nucha. The back and 
n>np are the same, but the feathers larger, and lighter 
cured, less margined with rufous, more widely 
s aysh at base, and bearing each four regular spots of 
' nte in the middle of their length, which arc not seen 
"less w hen the feathers are turned aside. The whole 
‘ody beneath is white, each feather, including the lower 
■ng-coverts and femorals, marked with a long, dusky 
®! Ia stripe, broader and oblanceolate on the breast 
j ,‘ "nnks, (some of the feathers of which have also a 
uc vish band across the middle,) the throat, and under 
’"g-co verts ; the long feathers of the Hanks (or long 
axillary tealhors) are white, banded with blackish ; the 
m am ower tail-coverts, pure white; the wings are 
• 'm' leS a,K '> " hen folded, hardly reach to the 
second bar of the tail from the base; the smaller wing- 
|. Crts antl scapulars, are like the back, the quills 
»rowm above, (lighter on the shaft) and silvery gray 
beneath, reguhudy crossed by blackish bands, less con- 
0,, '| ous > , ie space between the bands is white 
amt * • 1 ’. ner va ? os at base i s °me of the secondaries 
ertials are tipped and edged with rusty, and have 
t li-.V +V' 11 ^ naore 88 ^ey approach the body, so 
at those nearest may in fact be described as white 
landed with blackish. 
■hite 
blackish. The first primary is very short, 
