Kites and Marsh Hawk 



327. Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoidesforficatus). L. 



24. Ads. Back purplish black, wings and tail blue- 

 black. Notes. A shrill, keen, e-e-e or we-we-we. (Ben- 

 dire.) 



Range. — Middle America; summers north to Virginia, central Illi- 

 nois, northern Minnesota. Manitoba and Dakota; west to central Kan- 

 sas, rarely to Colorado; winters in Central and South America. 



328. White-tailed Kite {Elanus leucurus). L. 15.5. 



Ads. Shoulders black; back and middle tail-feathers 

 ashy gray; rest of tail-feathers, forehead and underparts 

 white. Yng. Upperparts with rusty. Notes. A plain- 

 tive, musical whistle. (Barlow.) 



Range. — Middle America north to South Carolina, southern Illinois, 

 Indian Territory, western Texas, Arizona and central California: 

 south to Argentine Republic; rare east of the the Mississippi. 



329. Mississippi Kite (Iclmia raississippiensh) . L. 

 14. Ads. Head, ends of secondaries, and un lerparts 

 bluish gray; back bluish slate; tail black without b irs. 

 Yng. Head streaked black and white; back blackish, 

 tipped with rusty; tail with three or four broken white 

 bars; underparts buffy, streaked with rusty and 

 blackish. 



'"• Range. — Middle America: breeds north to South Carolina, southern 



Illinois and Kansas; winters in tropics. 



330. Everglade Kite; Snail Hawk {Rostrhamus so- 

 ciabilis). L. 18. Longer upper tail-coverts and base 

 of tail white. Ads. Slaty black; end of tail with 

 brownish and whitish bands. Yng. Above blackish 

 brown tipped with rusty; below mottled rusty, black- 

 ish and buff. 



Range. Tropical America north to southern Florida and eastern 

 Mexico; south to Argentine Republic. 



33 1. Marsh Hawk; Harrier {Circus budsonius). 



L. rf, 19; 9, 22. Upper tail-coverts and base of tail 

 white. Ad. rf. Above gray or ashy; underparts with 

 rusty spots. Ad. $, and Yng. Above brownish 

 black with more or less rusty, particularly on the nape; 

 below brownish rusty with black streaks on breast. 

 Notes. A peevish scream and peculiar clucking or 

 cackling. (Preston.) 



Range. — North America, breeds locally north to about latitude 60 ° ; 

 winters from southern New York, northern Illinois, northern Kansas 

 Colorado and British Columbia south to Central America. 



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