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and that it undoubtedly secures many victims. He once saw a 
young female dart into a bevy of Gambel’s quail and seize one with 
the utmost ease, though the bivds were flying at full speed. In an in- 
stant the flock scattered in every direction and sought refuge in the 
bushes, from which it proved next to impossible to dislodge them. 
They had recognized their enemy and evidently knew that their only 
chance for safety lay in close hiding.” 
“Cooper’s Hawk is very destructive to domestic pigeons, and when 
it finds a cote which is easy of approach, it is very troublesome. 
Dr. William C. Avery, of Greensboro, Ala., informs us that during 
one year he killed and wounded at least a dozen of these hawks 
before the inroads among his doves ceased. Among the smaller 
birds, this hawk is very fond of meadow larks, robins and flickers. 
The writer, on several occasions, has secured specimens in hot pur- 
suit of the last named bird, which gave expression to their alarm 
by loud and continued cries.* (Dr, A. K. Fisher, Bull. No. 3, p. 38, 
1893.) 
The common name of “Long-tailed Pheasant Hawk,’ by which 
this swift-winged plunderer is best known in the mountainous and 
sparsely settled regions is given because of the great damage this 
hawk does by destroying ruffed grouse. For several years past the 
writer has every season visited different localities in Pennsylvania, 
for the purpose of hunting the ruffed grouse or pheasant, and from 
personal observation is well aware that the Cooper’s Hawk is a 
most destructive foe of this noble game bird. Hunters and woods- 
men have often told me that these “pheasant hawks,” referring to 
both the Cooper’s and Sharp-shinned, kill almost as many birds 
as the average sportsman, and judging from the way in which a 
good many sportsmen “shoot” when they are in the brush after the 
wily grouse it is very likely that this statement is correct. The 
Cooper’s Hawk feeds upon the gray rabbit (common cotton-tail) and 
the mountain jack or white rabbit (varying hare); squirrels are occa- 
sionally killed and yeung wild turkeys also suffer considerably from 
the attacks of this bird. Besides destroying poultry and game of 
different kinds these hawks annually kill great numbers of small 
wild birds such as woodpeckers, sparrows, thrushes, ete. 
The Cooper’s Hawk has been known to kill and feed upon the fol- 
lowing species of birds and mammals which are present in this 
State: 
Birds. 
Ruffed Grouse, Meadow Lark, 
Quail, Screech Owl, 
Common Dove, Flicker, 
