Accipitor atricapillus . 
Pine Point, Lake Umbagog, Maine. Goshawk chases a Kingfisher. 
1900. 
As Will Stone and I were standing on the deck of the 
Sept.10. 
house boat this morning an Osprey closely followed by a Gos¬ 
hawk suddenly appeared over the cove and started out across 
the Lake. The Osprey kept on towards the Outlet, but the 
Goshawk turned back and, flying very swiftly with rapidly 
beating wings like a Duck Hawk, shot past our boat within 30 
yards and swooped at a Kingfisher which was flying along the 
shore. When he was within 15 or 20 feet of the Kingfisher 
the latter doubled or rather zig-zagged, at the same time 
rattling loudly and incessantly. The Hawk then abandoned the 
chase and turning slightly disappeared among the trees. Prom 
this experience and others that I have had with Goshawks I 
should say that they are swifter and more powerful fliers 
than either the Cooper's or Sharp-shinned Hawks, and that” 
they are much more given to chasing their prey, although, 
like the other two birds just mentioned, they are apt to give 
up the pursuit if the first dash fails. On the wing they 
closely resemble large Cooper's Hawks. 
