26 BAYLOR UNIVERSITY BULLETIN 



ORDER RAPTORES. Birds of Prey. 

 FAMILY CATHARTIDAE. American Vultures. 



163. Cathartes aura septentrionalis. Turkey Vulture. 



Abundant resident. Less common than Catharista urubu near 

 ' ' the coast. 



164. Catharista urubu. Black Vulture. * ■ , 



Abundant resident, especially on the Lower Rio Grande and in the 

 coast region of Eastern Texas. Rare west of the middle sectiMi, 



FAMILY FALCONIDAE. Hawkes, Eagles, Falcons, Etc 



165. Elanoides lorficatus. Swallow-tailed Kite. 



Formerly abundant summer resident, now rather rare, in the feastem 

 ^ ■'^'' and southern sections of the State. Always breeding in proximity to 



rivCTs and streams. -In March 1891„the writer saw a flock of at least 

 two hundred birds flying over a marsh in the ipastern portion of Mc- 

 Lennan county. ■[■ . . ; ' 



166. Elanus leucurus. White-tailed Rite. , i. ' 



Summer resident of the southern half of the State, nowhere abiindant. 

 Record from the Lower Rio Grande, Houston, San Angelo, Lee county, 

 etc., as a breeding bird. , . . .- -:, ,■ , , /,, 



167. Ictinia mississippiensis. Mississippi Kite. 



Resident in the extreme southern section. Summer resident in the 

 Panhandle (Amarillo, etc.,) in Lee county (Singley), near Houston 

 (Nehrling) and locally throughout the State. , 



168. Circus hudsonius. Marsh Hawk. , 



Resident, breeding locally. Very abundant m winter, especially in the 

 western half of the State. 



169. Accipiter velox. Sharp-shinned Hawk. , , , . 



Common winter resident. May possibly breed in isolated sections. 



170. Accipiter cooperii. Cooper's Hawk. 



Resident, bleeding locally, principally in the northern and northeast- 

 ern sections. ■ 



171. Accipiter atricapillus striatulus. Wegtern Goshawk. 



Record from Western Texas by William Lloyd. 



172. Asturina plagiata. Mexican Goshawk. 



Occasional visitor to the southern section of the State. 



