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Acciniter atricanillus and Aix sponsa . 
Lake Unbagog, Maine. 
1897. 
Sept.82. 
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rowing slowly nearer until we got within 100 yards. The Wood 
Duck showed no alarm at our approach and doubtless would have 
permitted us to get within gun range "out the Hawk, evidently 
losing hope, did not return to his usual perch out came slowly 
• towards us and was passing within thirty yards or less when I 
shot him, dropping him on the bank. To my surprise he proved 
to be a young male Goshawk, a bird of the year, apparently, 
in the spotted plumage. It is true that once or twice I had 
suspected for a moment that he might be a Goshawk for -when 
flying his wings looked rather too broad for even those of 
even a large female Cooper’s but nevertheless I should have 
certainly referred him to that species without much hesitation 
had not the gun settled the question the other way. I am now 
confident that I saw a young Goshawk (perhaps the same bird) 
on the Megalloway, Sept.15th. 
One thing that suggested the suspicion that the bird 
killed this evening was a Goshawk, when he first came in sight 
was the fact that he gave such vigorous chase to a flying Duck. 
I doubt if a Cooper's Hawk would ever attempt anything of the 
kind. Evidently the Goshawk is a terrible fell&w. He would 
certainly have overtaken the Duck had she not taken to the 
water, although he did not gain on her nearly so rapidly as a 
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Duck Hawk would have done under similar conditions. 
