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OOLOGIST. 
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Vol. XVIII. 
HYDE PARK, MASS., APRIL, 
1893. 
No. 4. 
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Distribution of Cooper’s Hawk in 
Illinois. 
W. E. Loucks. No. 34. 
Summer resident; has not found it in 
winter. Tolerably common. 
Nest usually in thick woods near a farm 
house ; built in an oak. 
Nest composed of small twigs, lined with 
a few pieces of hickory bark ; sometimes an 
old Crows’ or Squirrels’ nest is used. 
May 3, nest on an old Crows’ nest, Hawks’ 
nest and Crows’ nest nearly 4 feet in thick- 
ness, 25 feet from ground; 1 egg. On May 
10, 3 eggs from same nest. 
May 23, same woods; same birds (?), 
1-4 ; incubation begun. 
Has not found more than 4 eggs, but 2 
sometimes constitutes a set. 
Has not found any marked eggs, but a set 
from Iowa is marked with reddish brown. 
Has found incubated eggs on April 28, 
but usually nests first half of May. 
Charles Wells. No. 45. 
Resident; common in summer. 
Breeds commonly, in early part of May. 
Nest 40 feet from ground. 
Eggs measure 1.98 x 1.58. 
Color, light greenish blue. 
C. B. Vandercook. No. 77. 
Summer visitant, (1 specimen February 
23, 1891). 
Nests : sets on April 17, 1-3 ; May 3, 1-4 ; 
May 7, 1-4; May n, 1-4; May 19, 1-3; 
May 17, 1-4; May 15, 1-5. July 13, young 
hathced a few days from pair of May 1 1 . 
Nest in water oak plats where the trees 
are very thick and tall, placing the nest 
against the trunk of the tree from 20 to 80 
feet from ground. 
Nest made of small sticks, lined with bark 
and sometimes cornhusks. 
Set usually 4, 3 and 5 being taken. 
Twenty-nine specimens average 1.88 x 
i-So. 
Largest 2.50 x 1.56 ; smallest 1.80 x 1.42. 
Color, bluish white, some with spots and 
splashes of reddish brown. 
J. C. Elliot. No. 88. 
Summer visitant. Tolerably common. 
Nests, but not commonly. 
Thinks it nests further north, as it is more 
common in the spring and fall. 
G. W. Readen. No. 92. 
Resident. Tolerably common. 
L. E. Baird. No. 95. 
Resident. Common in summer. 
O. Widmann, Old Orchard, Mo. 
Summer visitant. Common in spring and 
fall. Comes and goes with the migratory 
birds. 
Philo Smith, St. Louis. No. 74. 
Resident. Fairly common. 
Nests in May, using old Crows’ nests partly 
made over. 
Sets 4 and 5, usually 4. Two sets spotted 
with pale brown. 
C. P. Foir, Clark Co., Mo. 
Summer visitant ; not observed in winter. 
Not common. Nests in dense woods. 
May 14, 1-3 ; nest in white oak, 40 feet 
up ; composed of twigs, lined with coarse 
oak bark. Eggs fresh ; greenish white, one 
spotted with dark brown. 
Copyright, 1893, by Frank Blake Webster Company. 
G, & O. Vol. 18 , April, 189S p. 49-51 
