180 Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



155. Elanoides forficatus, Ridgwa}'. — Swalloiv-taiUd Kite. — A 

 former summer visitaQt. — (Vide Haymond, Ind. Geol. Report, 1869./ 



156. Circus cyaneus, var. hudsonicus, Ridgwa^*. — Marsh Hawk. — 

 A rare spring and fall migrant. 



157. *NiSDS FDSCUS, Kaup. — Sharp-shinned TIawk. — Summer resi- 

 dent ; rare. (Breeds. Dury.) 



158. *Nisus cooPERi, Bonaparte. — Cooper's Hawk. — A rather com- 

 mon summer resident. 



159. AsTUR PALuaiBARiDS, var. atricapillds, Ridgwa}'. — American 

 Goshawk. — A single specimen, female in immature plumage, taken 

 twent}^ miles east of Cincinnati, in November, 1878 {Dury). 



160. *BuTE0 PENNSYLYANicus, Bouapartc. — Broad-winged Hawk. — 

 Spring, summer and fall resident ; not rare. 



161. *BuTE0 LiNEATUS, Gmeliu. — Red- shouldered Hawk. — Resident. 

 With the exception of the Sparrow Hawk, this is our most common re- 

 presentative of the famil3^ 



162. *BuTEO BOREALis, Vieillot. — Bed-tailed Hawk. — A rather rare 

 resident. 



163. Archibdteo lagopds, var. sancti-johanxis, Ridgway. — Rough - 

 legged ov Black Hawk. — One specimen {Dury). 



164. Aquila chrys^tus, var. canadensis, Ridgway. — Golden Eagle. 

 — A rare migrant {Dr. Hunt). 



165. Haliaetus leucocephalus, Savigny. — White-headed Eagle: 

 American Eagle. — Migrant. Four specimens taken and many others 

 seen, in March, 1877, at Valley Junction, Ohio {Dr. J. H. Hunt). 



Family Cathartid^e: American Vultures. 



166. *Rhinogryphus aura, Ridgway. — Turkey Buzzard. — A com- 

 mon summer resident. Nest containing young observed by Mr. L. R. 

 Freeman, in Clermont County, Ohio. 



167. Catharista atrata, Gra3^ — Black Vulture; C'rrion Crow. — 

 Three specimens observed in December, 1876, at Madisonville; one 

 taken. '^ Also identified on two previous occasions, both in winter. 



1 Dr. Wheaton's collection contains a specimen taken in Licking- County, Ohio, 

 August 22(1, 1878, by Rev. C. H. Pcrmort;— the only record of its occurrence in Ohio " for 

 over twenty-five years."— See Bulletm Nuttnll OrnUhologieal Club, January 1879; p. 62. 



2 For particulars of the capture of this specimen, see Bulletin of the yuttall OrnUhologi- 

 eal Club, October, 1877; p. 109. 



