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425. American Osprey; Fish Hawk—pANDION HALIAETUS CAROLI- 
NENSIS. Yellowish or creamy-white, spotted and blotched with reddish- 
brown and umber, so thickly at the larger end as to completely obscure 
meresround ; three or four; 2.40 by 1.70. Nests in’ trees. Gee, Notes.) 
N. A. 
426. Swallow-tailed Kite—ELANOIDES FoRFIcATUS. White, or green- 
ish-white, spotted and blotched with brown and umber of varying shades; 
four to six; 1.90 by 1.50. Nests in high trees. Sieuus! 
427. White-tailed Kite—ELANus GLaucus. Dull creamy-white, thickly 
blotched, dotted and tinged with deep chestnut, in some almost com- 
pletely covering the whole ground, near spherical; four; 1.64 by 1.27. 
Nests placed in high trees. (See Notes.) Tropical America. 
428. Mississippi Kite—ICTINIA SUBCASRULEA. Greenish-white, thickly 
spotted with deep chocolate-brown and black; two or three; 1.52 by 1.30. 
Nest placed in trees. s.urs 
429. Everglade Kite— ROSTRHAMUS SOCIABILIS PLUMBEUS.  Bluish- 
white, spotted and blotched irregularly with brown and umber.of varying 
Shades; one oF two 31,65 Dy. 1.45. Nests in bushes. 
West Indies and Southern Florida. 
430. Marsh Hawk—crrcus HUDSONIUS Greenish-white, either immac- 
ulate or faintly spotted with pale brown or lilac, rather oval; four to six; 
1.80 by 1.42., Nest placed on the grourid. N. A. 
431, Cooper's Hawk—acciPITER CooPERI. Pale bluish-white, usually 
- spotted with pale reddish-brown; two to four; 1.94 by 1.56. Nest placed 
‘in high trees. Temperate N. A. 
432. Sharp-shinned Hawk—accipPiTER Fuscus. Bluish-white, coarsely 
spotted and blotched with chestnut and umber of varying shades, spheri- 
cal; 1.45 by 1.15. Nest placed in trees, sometimes on rocks. N. A. 
433. American Goshawk—asTUR ATRICAPILLUS. Bluish-white, some- 
‘times faintly spotted with yellowish-brown; three or four; 2.30 by 1.80. 
Nest placed in trees. - Be Ags aN. U.S 
434. Harris's Hawk—ANTENOR UNICINCTUS HARRISI. White, with a 
yellowish tinge, sometimes marked with light dashes of yellowish-brown 
and dottings of Pes drab; three to five; 2.13 by 1.69. Nest placed 
in low trees. Middle or Northern Tropical America, S. U.S. 
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436. Red-tailed Hawk—surro BorEALiIs. Bluish-white, spotted and 
blotched with brown and umber of varying shades; three to four; 2.40 
by 2. Nest placed#n high trees. N. A. 
