t/j' cernc - . 
I shot a splendid Goshawk in mature 
plumage on Jan. 25th, ’84. ^ 
O.&O. X. Oct. 1835. p./£r? 
Goshawk, (Astur atricapillus.) Mr. F. W. Kendall, of 
Bridewater, Mass., reports a specimen of the Goshawk 
taken Nov. 30, ’85, and says it is his first record for that 
locality of that species for fifteen years. Report has been 
received of another capture of the above at Ta unton. Masse, 
in December, ’85; an adult. O • & O. 
XI. Jan. 1886. p. lb 
December 18tli, an adult S Goshawk was (l),'* O. 
brought to me that was shot about three miles /y^CH t ' , ~’ 
from the center of the city. The hawk was shot in (Yh^ 
the act of killing a large hen. Stomach empty. 'vtj 
The man who brought it to me said that he shot K ' ’ ' 
a specimen like the above several years ago in the J -C 
same place. 
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December 18th, an adult ? Goshawk was 
brought to me that was shot about three miles 
from the center of the city. The hawk was shot in 
the act of killing a large hen. Stomach empty. 
The man who brought it to me said that he shot 
a specimen like the above several years ago in the 
same place. o.&O. XI. May .1886. p. 77 
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A young Goshawk was captured in a house in Worcester, 
Monday, havingentered the room through an open window. 
— J. M.’Wade. 
O.&O. XI. Nov. 1886. 
Eap tores, Bristol County, Mass. 
Hilton B. Bead, 
Goshawk, (Astur atricapillus). This hand- 
some hawk favors us with its presence only as 
a fall or winter visitor, of considerable rarity. 
Several instances have been recorded and I 
quote Swansea, Nov. 1881, (Carpenter) ; Taun- 
ton, Dee. 1885, (Cahoon). 
O.&O. XII. Aug. 1887 p.119 
Birds of Bristol County, Mass. 
F. W* Andros. 
Accipiter atricapillus (Wils 1 a,„„ ■ 
h^k. Fall and wintervisitat, ^ 
O.&O. XII. Sept. 1887 p.130 
Northern Hawks in Massachusetts. 
Apr .^.1897, p - 2/6. 
*■- The American Goshawk ( Accipi - 
! in Massacfiu^i 
ter atricapillus) has been abundant in this section the past fall and winter. 
I myself have secured three specimens, one of which I caught in a steel 
trap. All that I have secured or seen, except one, were in adult plumage. 
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