14 C incinnatl Society of Natural History. 



155. Elaxoides fokficatus, Rldgwa}-. — Swallow-faihd Kite. — A 

 (brmer summer visitant. — (Vide IIaymond,In(\. Geol. Report, 1869./ 



156. Circus cyaneus, var. hudsonicus, Ridgway. — Marsh Hawk. — 

 A rare spring and fall migrant. 



157. *Nisus Fuscus, Kaup. — Sharp-shinned Hawk. — Summer resi- 

 dent ; rare. (Breeds. Dwry.) 



158. *Nisus cooPERi, Bonaparte. — Cooper's Hawk. — A rather com- 

 mon summer resident. 



159. AsTuii PALDMBARius, var. ATRiCAPiLLUs, Ridgway. — American 

 Goshawk. — A single specimen, female in immatui'e plumage, taken 

 twenty miles east of Cincinnati, in November, 1878 (Dury). 



160. *BuTEo FENNSYLYANicus, Bouupartc. — Broad-winged Hawk. — 

 vSpring, summer and fall resident ; not rare. 



161. *BuTEo LiNEATUs, Gmeliu. — Iled-shouldered Hawk. — Resident. 

 With the exception of the Sparrow Hawk, this is our most common re- 

 presentative of the family. 



162. *BuTEo BOREALis, Vicillot. — Red-tailed Hawk. — A rather rare 

 resident. 



163. Archibuteo lagopus, var. sancti-johannis, Ridgwa3\ — Rough- 

 legged oy Black Hawk. — One specimen [Dury). 



164. Aquila chrys^tus, var. canadensis, Ridgwa3^ — Golden Eagle. 

 — A rare migrant (D)'. Hunt). 



165. Haliaetus leucocephalus, Savigny. — White-headed Eagle; 

 American Eagle. — Migrant Four specimens taken and many others 

 seen, in March, 1877, at Valley Junction, Ohio {Dr. J. H. Hunt). 



Family Cathartid^: American Vultures. 



166. *Rhinogryphus aura, Ridgway. — Turkey Buzzard. — A com- 

 mon summer resident. Nest containing young observed by Mr. L. R. 

 Freeman, in Clermont County, Ohio. 



167. Catharista atrata, Gray. — Black Vulture; C j.rrion Crow. — 

 Three specimens observed in December, 1876, at Madisonville; one 

 taken.* Also identified on two previous occasions, hoth in winter. 



1 Dr. Wheaton's collection contains a specimen taken in Licking County, Ohio, 

 August 22d, 1878, by Rev. C. H. Permort;— the only record of its occurrence in Ohio " for 

 over twenty-five years."— See Bulletin Kuttull Ornithological Club, January 1879; p. 62. 



2 For particulars of the capture of this specimen, see Bulletin of the Kuttall Ornithologi- 

 cal Club, October, 1877; p. 109. 



