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Family Falconidse — The Hawks and 

 Eagles. 



Sixteen species of this family occur in Pennsylvania and New 

 Jersey. The Marsh, Sharp-shinned, Cooper's, Red-tailed, Red- 

 shouldered, Broad-winged and Sparrow Hawks and the Bald Eagle 

 are residents, though several of them are much more plentiful in 

 winter. The Sharp-shinned, Cooper's and Sparrow Hawks are the 

 most generally distributed breeders. The Pigeon, Duck and Rough- 

 legged Hawks are regular visitants in winter, while the Fish Hawk 

 is a common summer resident on the coast. The remaining species 

 are irregular stragglers. 



155. Elanoidesforflcatus{h\yi^.). Swallow-tailed Kite. 



Breeding Range — Tropical America and northward to Iowa and on the 



Atlantic coast, casually to Pennsylvania. 

 Winter Distribution — Tropical America. 



Rare straggler from the South. The following specimens have 

 been taken :* 



Near Philadelphia, 1857, John Krider {TurnbuU). 



Lancaster Co., Pa., Formerly in Museum at Lancaster [Libhart, Birds of 

 Lane. Co.), 



OIney, Philada., spring, 1888, Ed'w. Van Artsdalen [Morris). 



156. Circus hiidsonins (Linn.). Marsh Hawk. 



Breeding Range — Whole of N. A. 



Winter Distribution Southward to Panama. 



Resident, but most numerous during migrations. It is most 

 abundant on the coast marshes and those bordering the Delaware and 

 other large rivers. A nest was found June 28, 1877, on the marsh 

 at Long Beach, N. J. {Scott, B. N. 0. C, 1879), and it doubtless 

 breeds regularly in other similar localities. 



* Dr. C. C. Abbott saw a Swallow-tailed Kite July 28, 1893, near Borden- 

 town, N. J. (Science, 1883, p. 222), and another was seen by Mr. J. Harris Reed 

 in Cumberland county, N. J., May, 1893. Neither specimen was secured. 



The Mississippi Kite given in Dr. Warren's Report, p. 118, is here omitted, as 

 the specimen was not secured nor positively identified. 



