478 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1895. 



Family FALCONID.SJ. 

 Genus ELANOIDES Vieillot. . 



67. Elanoides forficatus (L.). Swallow-tailed Kite. 



Wilson's is the first arid only Tennessee record for this Kite 

 that I can discover. In the American Ornithology he says 

 (Vol. VI, 1812, p. 70); "I met these birds, in the early part of 

 May at a place called Duck Creek, in Tennessee." 



From the known course of his route, this was in Hickman 

 County, about forty miles east of the Tennessee River, in the Duck 

 River bottoms near the east boundary of Maury County. The 

 Swallow-tailed Kite is likely to be found anywhere in west Tennes- 

 see in summer, where the bottom lands afford it congenial sur- 

 roundings and good nesting sites. 



Of this species Mr. Miles writes: "I think I killed one fifteen 

 years since, and have seen one since, though very rare." 



Genus ELANUS Savigny. 



68. Elanus leucurus (Vieill.). White-tailed Kite. 



Haywood and Lauderdale Counties; B. C. Miles. See note for 

 next species. 



Genus ICTINIA Vieillot. 



69. Ictinia mississippiensis (Wils. ). Mississippi Kite. 



A Kite, whose appearance most closely resembled this species, 

 was seen soaring for a long time over a meadow near Raleigh. 

 From its actions I judged it to have a nest in the neighborhood. 

 Mr. Miles refers to this and the preceding species as follows: "Of 

 the hawk we call the Blue Darter we have two, one marked as 

 you describe [Elanus leucurus'] and one noticeably darker [Ictinia 

 mississippiensis'] have thought heretofore they were the sexes." 



Genus CIRCUS Lacepede. 



70. Circus hudsonius (L.). Marsh Hawk. 



Single individuals seen at Samburg, Raleigh, Bellevue and Har- 

 riman. Messrs. Fox and Langdon do not record it. 



Genus ACCIPITER Brisson 



71. Accipiter velox (Wils.). Sharp-shinned Hawk. 



Noted by Lemoyne along the Smoky Mountain range, where he 

 found it "not common." 



