74 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Sept. 23, 1874, at Westbrook, Oct. 16, 18, 1875, and Grinnell 

 reported one taken by Merwin at the mouth of the Housatonic 

 River in June, 1875. 



Fall, 1879, Stamford, one seen (Hoyt) ; April 20, 1882, North 

 Stonington, one shot by O. G. Brown (in Peabody Museum) ; x 

 March 15, 1886, East Haven (L. C. S.) ; Aug., 1888, Stamford 

 (Hoyt) ; April 23, 1893, Stratford, one seen (Eames) ; Aug. 31, 

 1898, Old Lyme, one seen (Brockway) ; 2 Aug. 17, 1902, New 

 Milford, one male caught by W. C. Pomeroy (H. K. J., in coll. 

 of L. B. B.) ; 3 Aug. 21, 1902, Torrington, one seen by Hanson 

 (H. K. J.) ; 3 Aug. 27, 1902, Gaylordsville, one seen by E. H. A. 

 and H. K. J.; summer, 1903, Danbury, one wounded and kept 

 in captivity (J. C. A. M.) ; May 19, 1907. Danbury, one shot 

 (J. C. A. M., in coll. of L. B. B.). 



Catharista urubu (Vieillot). Black Vulture. 



Besides the doubtful record referred to by Merriam 4 of three 

 specimens killed by J. H. Hand at Westbrook, Aug. 10, Sept. 

 12, 21, 1874, the only records for Connecticut are: an adult male, 

 shot by Robert Payne at East Lyme, July 6, 1901 (in coll. of 

 Hill) ; 5 and a specimen seen at Bolton reservoir, Oct. 10, 1879, 

 by Dr. Wm. Wood (MS. note to J. H. S.). 



Suborder FALCONES. Vultures, Falcons, Hawks, Buzzards, 



Eagles, Kites, Harriers, etc. 



Family BUTEONIDJE. Hawks, Eagles, Kites, etc. 



Elanoides forficatus (Linnaeus). Swallow-tailed Kite. 



Connecticut records. Summer, 1861, Portland, one seen, 

 which " suddenly dove and arose with a snake in its talons," 

 which it devoured in mid-air (H. W. C, recorded by Merriam) ;° 

 July 2, 1877, Lyme, one seen (J. G. Ely, recorded by Merriam) ; 6 

 June 16, 1889, Saybrook, one seen, " an unmistakable specimen, 

 gracefully soaring in slowly receding circles; his long, pointed, 



iO. and O., vii, 18, p. 141. 



*Auk, xv, 1, p. 53. 



3 Job, The Sport of Bird Study, p. 296. 



* Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 93. 



6 Auk, xix, 1902, 1, p. 94. 



8 Merriam, Birds of Conn., pp. 76-7. 



