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Sept (Oct not uncommon S R rare W V)

and Oct.; not uncommon S. R.; rare W. V.

Nest, in trees, twenty-five to fifty feet from the ground. Eggs, three to six, pale bluish white, sometimes lightly spotted with brownish, 1.90 × 1.55. 12 FIG. 68. Rounded tail of Cooper's Hawk.

This species resembles the preceding in habits, but because of its larger size is more destructive to poultry. "Of 133 stomachs examined, 34 contained poultry or game birds; 52, other birds; 11, mammals; 1, frog; 3, lizards; 2, insects; and 39 were empty" (Fisher). 334. Accipiter atricapillus (Wils.). AMERICAN GOSHAWK. Ad.- Upper parts bluish slate-color; head blackish, a white line over and behind FALCONS, HAWKS, EAGLES. ETC. the eye; inner tail-feathers like the back, outer ones more fuscous, and slightly marked with blackish; tip whitish; entire under parts evenly marked with irregular, wavy bars of gray and white, the feathers of the throat and breast with darker shaft streaks. Im. - Upper parts fuscous, margined with rufous; primaries barred with black; tail brownish gray, barred with black; under parts white or buffy, streaked with black. & L., 22.00; W., 13.00; T., 10.00; B. from N., 65. L., 24:00; W., 13.40; T., 11.50.