WHITE-TAILED KITE 
328. Hlanus leucurus. 16 in. 
Head, underparts and tail, white; shoulders black; 
upperparts gray. Young, with the back tinged with 
rusty. Their food consists largely of snakes, but they 
also eat a great many small rodents and insects. 
Nest.—Made of sticks, weeds and leaves, and placed 
in trees at quite an elevation from the ground; eggs 
creamy white, profusely blotched with brown. 
Range.—Texas to central California, and less often 
east of the Miss. River, north to South Carolina. 
MISSISSIPPI KITE 
329. Ictinia mississippiensis. 14 in. 
Head, underparts and ends of secondaries, bluish- 
gray. Lores and tail black; back dark; eyes red. 
Nest.—Of sticks and weeds in the tops of tall trees; 
eggs bluish white, usually unmarked, but occasionally 
with a few brownish specks. (1.65 x 1.25). 
Range.—Breeds north to South Carolina, southern 
Illinois and Kansas; winters south of the United States. 
