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FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



RAPTORES. 



SARCORH.\MPHI. 



CATHARTIDAE. 



p. 23, pi. 2. "l'Amerique, depuis la Nouvelle-Ecosse jus- 

 qu'a la Terre de Feu." 



Cathartes atratiis Wils. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1840, vol. 1, 

 p. 17, pi. 3. Egg, Bendire, 1892, vol. 1, pi. 4, figs. 7, 10. 



Open country and vicinity of dwellings; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Accidental visitor. Aug. 20-Nov. 3. 



Vt. — Accidental visitor: Lunenburg; Woodbury, July 10, 1884. 



Mass. — Accidental visitor. July-Nov. 



Conn. — Accidental visitor: East Lyme, July 6, 1901. 



FALCONES. 

 FALCONIDAE. 



184. Elaxoides forficatus (Linne) Coues. 

 Swallow-tailed kite. 



Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 196; A. K. 

 Fisher, Hawks and owls of U. S., 1893, pi. 1. Egg, Bendire, 1892, 

 vol. 1, pi. 5, figs. 1, 2. 



Falco forficatus Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 89. 

 "America." 



Open country; nests in tall trees. 



Me. — Erroneously recorded. 



N. H.— Doubtfully recorded (Franklin, 1875). 



Vt. — Doubtfully recorded (Williams). 



Mass. — Accidental visitor: Amesbury (= West Newbury) 

 about Sept. 25, 1882; Whately; (?) near Northampton, 1880. 



Conn.— Accidental visitor: Lyme, July 2, 1877; Portland, 

 summer 1861; Saybrook, June 16, 1889. 



185. Circus hudsonius (Linne) Vieillot. 



Marsh hawk; Blue hawk; Bog-trotter; Frog hawk; Harrier; 

 Mole hawk; Mouse hawk; Mouser; Snake hawk. 



A. K. Fisher, Hawks and owls of U. S., 1893, p. 26, pi. 3. Egg, 

 Bendire, 1892, vol. 1, pi. 5, fig. 8-10. 



