260 STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BULLETINS. 



Jackson and Washtenaw counties every year; they are never seen here; Dr. Atkins 

 makes no mention of them; C. J. Davis. Lansing, Michigan, has one in his collec- 

 tion, taken at Fowlerville, Livingston Co.; ''becoming more common each year" 

 (Dr. M. Gibbs); Prof, J. W. Simmons has taken them in Van Buren Co.; Geo. D. 

 Sones, of Fresno, California, writes me that he took them at Ross, Kent Co., in 

 1886 and 1887; Mr. N. A. Eddy feels contident that he saw, May 7. 1889, a flock of 

 fifteen or twenty at Bay City; "more common than formerly in Wayne Co." (J. B. 

 Purdy); '"rare in Monroe Co., where a nest with two young was taken at Peters- 

 burg in June, 1890" (Jerome Trombley); "Mr. Elmer Durfee took female and twa 

 eggs in Allegan Co. in 1891 in the large end of a hollow tree in a swamp (Dr. W. 

 C. Brownell); "breeds in Wayne and Kent Co." (J. B. Purdyj; "occasional in Kent 

 Co., two eggs wei-e taken by me in 1891, in Allegan Co., the only ones taken ia 

 the state " (S. E. White). 



Suborder FALCONE S. Vultures; Falcons; Hawks, etc. 



-Family FALCONID^-E, Vultures; Falcons; Hawks, etc. 



Diurnal birds of prey; feed on mice, insects and other birds; like the owls, 

 beneficial, as determined by extensive research by United States government inves- 

 tigators; most of the species feed almost exclusively on mice and insects; (See 

 "Hawks and Owls of United States in their Relation to Agriculture," by Dr. A. 

 K. Fisher, Department of Agriculture. Washmgton. 1893); eggs like those of owls, 

 nearly spherical, usually specked. 



Subfamily ACCIPITRIN.Fl. Kites; Buzzards; Hawks, etc. 

 Genus ELANOIDES Vieill. 



144-327-(493). Elaiioides forlicatus (Linn.). Swallow Tailed Kite. 



Said to occur in Michigan; probably an accidental straggler, as the bird is a 

 great wanderer; reported in our favina by the late D. D. Hughes; a pair shot in 

 Monroe Co., June 19, 1882 (See Bulletin of Nuttall Ornithological Club, Vol. VIIL 

 Oct., 1882, p. 2.50). The late Mr. Collins secured a specimen near his home in 

 Detroit. 



Gents ELANUS Savu>. 



145-32S-(4{)2). £Iaiiii<i leuciirns Vieill. * White-tailed Kite; Black-shoul- 

 dered Kite. 



Very rare; Dr. H. A. Atkins reports taking it at Locke, Ingham Co.; Mr. S. E. 

 White writes me that he took one in Kent Co., April 10, 1888, and has the speci- 

 men; Mr. A. B. Covert reports taking two specimens in Washtenaw Co., "extremely 

 doubtful, are the specimens preserved?" (.A.. K. Fisher). 



Genus ICTINIA Yieill. 



14G-3'2{)-(4{>l). Iclinia iiiississippieusis (U'jV.s.). Mississippi Kite. 



Said to occur in Michigan; exceedingly rare; the late Hon. D. D. Hughes 

 reported one specimen from Cass Co.; Prof. A. W. Butler gives it as a rare visitor 

 in Northern Indiana. 



