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Prairie, probably Lake Worth, and Miami); probably Cuba 

 (Habana, Bahia, and Cienega Oriental de Zapata) ; probably 

 occasionally the Lesser Antilles (St. Bartholomew and Trinidad) ; 

 British Guiana (Waini Eiver, Georgetown, and Aremu River) ; 

 Brazil (Para, Capim River, Bahia, Cantagallo, and Pirahy) ; and 

 Argentina (Territory of Misiones and Buenos Aires). South to 

 Argentina (Buenos Aires) and southern Bolivia (Chiquitos). 

 West to Bolivia (Chiquitos) ; Peru (Chamicuros and Huallaga 

 River) ; Ecuador (Santo Domingo de los Colorados and Bucay) ; 

 Colombia (Nechi, Bucaramanga, and Cali) ; Costa Rica (San Jose 

 and Naranjo) ; Nicaragua (!tiscondido River and Chontales) ; Guate- 

 mala (Coban) ; Jalapa; Nuevo Leon (Saltillo) ; Texas (San Antonio, 

 Austin, Waco, formerly Decatur, and Gainesville) ; Oklahoma 

 (Caddo) ; Kansas (Neosho Falls, Topeka, and probably Manhat- 

 tan) ; and probably formerly Nebraska (Doss). 



The range as above outlined is for the entire species. The South 

 American form has been separated as Elanoides f. yetapa, but the 

 area of demarcation or intergradation between the two races, though 

 believed to be in Costa Rica, is at present imperfectly known. 



Winter range. — During the winter season the swallow-tailed kite 

 withdraws almost entirely from the United States, although a few 

 are reported to winter in southern Florida (Harney River). The 

 distance that the northern form goes southward at this season is 

 not yet known, but a specimen from Bucay, Ecuador, taken in De- 

 cember, is referable to this race. 



Coues (1878) quoted a report to him that some were seen almost 

 all the winter of 1877-78 at Fort Sisseton, Dakota. 



Spinng migration, — Early dates of arrival are : Florida — Titus- 

 ville, March 1; Pensacola, March 8; St. Marks, March 11; and Royal 

 Palm Hammock, March 13. Georgia — Cumberland, April 4. South 

 Carolina — Mount Pleasant, March 19. Mississippi — Biloxi, March 

 18. Louisiana — New Orleans, March 23 ; and Holden, April 5. Mis- 

 souri — Bolton, April 10; and AVarrensburg, April 15. Texas — 

 Nunnsville, February 1; Giddings, February 13; Corpus Christi, 

 March 12; and Gainesville, March 21. Oklahoma — Caddo, April 1. 

 Kansas — Richmond, April 15; and Neosho Falls, April 27. 

 Nebraska — Vesta, April 3. 



Fall migration. — Late dates of fall departure are : Iowa — Grinnell, 

 September 16; and Hillsboro, September 24. Missouri — Courtney, 

 September 4; and St. Louis, September 15. Texas — Corpus Christi, 

 September 1 ; and Tivoli, September 2. Mississippi — Bay St. Louis, 

 September 7. 



Casual records. — The swallow-tailed kite has been recorded out- 

 side of its normal range on numerous occasions. Among these are 

 the following : Virginia, one at Aylett, on August 31, 1895 ; Maryland, 



