338 Proceed ill fi-s of Indiana Acadeiiuj of Seioicc. 



In Vigo County, a nest with 2 eggs, one fresh, the other nearly so. aliont, 

 30 feet up in hollow of a leaning sycamore on the bank of Honey ("reek 

 south of Terre Haute, April 21. ISOO : noted also Marcli :',(). 1S8S. and :\larcli 

 31, 1889. 



In Carroll Covmity, a nest with two fresh eggs in a hollow sycamore on 

 Bachelor Run southwest of Camden. April 2!). iss:',; another set of two 

 fresh eggs from same nest April 23. 1884. First noted in 1884. on March 16. 

 when one was seen near Burlington. First noted in 188") on March 12. when 

 one was seen north of Pittsburg; another two days later west of Camden. 



74. Elanoides FOBFicATUs (Linmeus). swallow-tau.ed kite. (327") 



The Swallow-tailed Kite is a very rare bird in Indiana. My only records 

 are of a male in fine plumage shot on Beanblossom Creek north of Blooni- 

 ington by a Mr. Weimar, August 18, 1885, and another seen at same time. 

 One obtained in Vigo County in the fall of 1887. No record for Carroll 

 County. So far as I know these are the only specimens taken in or reported 

 from this part of the state. 



75. Circus iiudsonius (Linnaeus). ^rARSii hawk. (331) 



Probably rare summer resident in all the counties. Unfortunately. I have 

 no definite records for Monroe County. In Vigo County. I saw it often, par- 

 ticularly over the marshes about the Five-mile Pond north of Terre Haute. 

 I do not think any remain through the winter. 



In Carroll County, I have seen it but rarely and only in the spring. It 

 probably breeds in the county, however, in suitable places. 



76. ACCIPITER VELOX (Wil.SOU). SHARP-SniNNED HAWK. (332) 



Rather rare resident : seen oftenest in the spring. A fine male brought 

 us at Camden. October 27, 1884. l)y Mr. Walter Clark. One seen near 

 Yelpingville schoolhouse, Washington Township. February 22, 1885 : day 

 cold, snow deep. I have ■iio definite records for Vigo, though I doubt not 

 it breeds there in limited numbers. M.v only record for Monroe County is 

 one seen on the campus at Bloomington, February 10, 1888. It is doubtless 

 not rare in this county. 



77. AcciPiTER cooPERi (Bouaparte). cooper's hawk. (333) 



Resident, perhaps more common than the preceding. 



C-arroU Coiiiifi/: March 5, 1879. one noted near Camden, and one caught 

 next day in a steel trap. A nest with three fresh eggs found May 10. 1883, 

 in a beech tree on J. M. Beck's farm near Burlington. Other Carroll County 

 records are: January 12, 1884. one seen near Camden : January 31, another 

 seen near Delphi ; September 17. one brought us at Camden by Mrs. Walter 

 ("lark : March 13. 1885. one seen in Tippecanoe Township ; March 18. one 

 .-een on Deer Creek near Camden. 



Vigo County: March 31. 1888. one noted. A fine set of five fresh eggs 

 near Coal Creek, nine miles northwest of Terre Haute, May, 1890. The nest 



