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Charleston). East to South Carolina (Charleston, Yemassee, and 

 probably Bluffton) ; and Florida (Waukeenah and Gainesville). 

 South to Florida (Gainesville, St. Marks, Whitfield, and Pensa- 

 cola) ; southern Mississippi (Bay St. Louis) ; Louisiana (probably 

 New Orleans and Avery Island) ; and southern Texas (Beaumont, 

 Sour Lake, Giddings, Austin, San Antonio, and Sheffield). West 

 to western Texas (Sheffield, San Angelo, and Tascosa). 



Winter range. — In winter the species has been detected north at 

 least to Texas (Eagle Pass and Nunnsville) and Florida (Pana- 

 sofkee Lake and Fort Myers). 



Migration. — It is not apparent that this species makes a regular 

 migration, but probably in winter it withdraws to some extent from 

 the northern part of its breeding range. It has been noted to arrive 

 at Copan, Okla., on March 16; at Neosho Falls, Kans., on May 5; 

 and at Huger, S. C, on May 9. 



Casual records. — Among casual or accidental records of occur- 

 rence are the following: Woodhouse stated he obtained two in New 

 Mexico, probably in the Canadian River section (Cassin, 1860) ; 

 Aiken reported seeing one near Colorado Springs, Colo., during the 

 summer of 1873; a specimen was taken near Omaha, Nebr., in No- 

 vember 1912; one was recorded from Grinnell, Iowa, on October 

 4, 1886; Pindar (1925) records it as a rare summer visitant in Ful- 

 ton County, Ky., but gives no details ; one was reported from Benns 

 Creek, Knox County, Ind., on September 18, 1911 ; one was seen on 

 October 20, 1852, in Chester County, Pa.; several observers, includ- 

 ing Dr. AVitmer Stone, reported seeing one at Cape May, N. J., 

 on May 30, 1921; and one was taken near Andrews, N. C, on May 

 26, 1893. Specimens have been reported from Wisconsin, but in 

 one way or another they are considered doubtful (Kumlien and 

 Hollister, 1903), and it is probable that others of the sight records 

 listed above are open to question. 



The Sennett collection is reported to contain a specimen collected 

 at Tampico, Mexico, on May 17, 1888, while Salvin (1861) recorded 

 a specimen received by him from Coban, Guatemala. 



Egg dates. — Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas: 95 records, March 15 

 to June 25 ; 48 records, June 3 to 12. 



ROSTRHAMUS SOCIABILIS PLUMBEUS Ridgway 



EVERGLADE KITE 

 HABITS 



The Tamiami Trail runs due west from Miami for 35 miles 

 straight through the southern half of the Everglades. For most 

 of this distance one sees only a broad expanse of marsh, mainly 

 covered with long grasses as far as one can see, but dotted here and 



