. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttal's Manual. Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 1 '.TN^'^vVV; #^^. f I .^:-;;'/â ⢠,.v,v »Tol,\ " >.-,'. â â â '". â¢v'.;'i COOPER'S HAWK. Acni'lTKR C(K~)PKRI, Char. Adult bluish gray or almost bluish ash, head darker; beluw, whitish, breast and belly thickly streaked with reddi^li brown, sides uiih a bluish tinge ; wings and tail barred with dark brown, tail lipped with white. Length about ifi inches (female 2 to 3 inches longer). At'st. In a tree, ne
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttal's Manual. Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 1 '.TN^'^vVV; #^^. f I .^:-;;'/â ⢠,.v,v »Tol,\ " >.-,'. â â â '". â¢v'.;'i COOPER'S HAWK. Acni'lTKR C(K~)PKRI, Char. Adult bluish gray or almost bluish ash, head darker; beluw, whitish, breast and belly thickly streaked with reddi^li brown, sides uiih a bluish tinge ; wings and tail barred with dark brown, tail lipped with white. Length about ifi inches (female 2 to 3 inches longer). At'st. In a tree, near the trunk ; made of twigs, lined with grass. ^.^\ seen in the Oregon territory to the shores of the Pacific. It^ food ajipears ]")rinci]iallv to he birds of variotis kinds; frmi the Sparrow to the Ruffed ('/rouse, all contribute to its ra'. cious ajipetite. I have also seen this species as far south ;b the capital of Alabama, and, in comnif)!! with the precedini.'. its depredations amoni^r the domestic fowls are very destruct \c. Mr. Cooper informs me that the plumage of the adult 11 iK bears the same analoc;y to the adult of F. fi/sci/s as the yuMii' of that species does to the present, exceptint,' that the ni nb tmts arc :, (jr e\ Cod] II' ica Irom .djunciaiit .Middle .S ] I IS ' 'â â opur's 11, I''!' of" die I "I aboi Xt'st. In 'â¢15 < I-I5. â |his bol and amusement ft-^luon, iiiw quinary and \\'i. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924; Nuttall, Thomas. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada. Boston : Little, Brown
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