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NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



birds should be prohibited. In fact, in many of the states this is done 

 by law. They live almost exclusively upon carrion or decomposing 

 animal matter, and in this manner aid in the prevention of diseases 

 that might result from the presence of such filth. They may, how- 

 ever, be the cause of indirectly spreading hog cholera where animals 

 that have died from this disease are left unburied or unburnt. 



Fn;. 12. — Black Vulture ; Carrion Crow. 



Family FALC0NID.S1. — Falcons, Hawks, Eagles, etc. 



327. Elanoides forficatus (Linn.). — Swallow-tailed Kite. 



Omaha, West Point, Tekamab (L. Bruner); "I have seen this kite as far 

 north as Cedar county and as far west as the meridian of Ft. Kearney" 

 (Aughey); "Summer resident, common, arrive in May and leave in September'' 

 (Taylor); north to Wisconsin, Minne.sota, Dakota (Goss); "North regularly to 

 Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, etc." (Fisher); Kockport — breeds (L. Skow); "rarely 

 seen — a pair reported to breed eighteen miles north of Omaha" (I. S. Trostler); 

 Fullerton, Nance county (C. E. Barker). 



329. Ictinia mississippiensis ( IVils,). — Mississippi Kite. 



"A flock of six or seven was seen October 12 at Omaha" (R. E. Diuges); 

 " North to South Carolina, southern Illinois, Kansas, etc." (Goss) ; "Casually 

 to Iowa and Wisconsin" (Fisher), 



328. Elanus leucurus ( T'^teiV^.). — White-tailed Kite. 



Lanham, Nebr., "one seen March 14, 1893" (Amos Pyfer). 



