88 BIRDS OF OHIO. 
February 6, 1895, four miles north of Reynoldsburg, seem 
to constitute the Ohio records for this southern species. 
SUBORDER FALCONES. Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, 
Osprey. 
Family Fatconip#. Same as above. 
The food habits are fully given under each species. 
122. (327.) ELANOIDES FoRFICATUS (Linn.). 166. 
Swallow-tailed Kite. 
Synonyms: Falco furcatus, Nauclerus furcatus, Falco forficatus. 
Wilson, Am. Orn., VI, 1812, 70. 
Writing in 1812, Wilson said that this Kite “is very abun- 
dant in South Carolina and Georgia, and still more so in 
West Florida, and the extensive prairies of Ohio and the 
Indiana Territory.” Dr. Kirtland found it “in considerable 
numbers in Portage and Stark counties” in the mid- 
dle thirties, but noted its absence in 1838. Mr. Kirkpatrick 
found it occasionally in Crawford county, where it had been 
numerous before, in 1858. This was the last seen of this 
elegant bird until a specimen came into Dr. Wheaton’s hands 
from Pataskala, where it was killed August 22, 1878. 
Twenty years later in August, 1898, Rev. W. F. Henninger 
notes a specimen shot in Ross county near Chillicothe. This 
seems to close the records to date. 
123. (331.) Circus HUDsoNIUS (Linn.). 167. 
Marsh Hawk. 
Synonyms: Circus cyaneus var. hudsonius, Falco cyaneus, F. 
hudsonius. 
Marsh Harrier, Harrier, Mouse Hawk, Blue Hawk, American 
Marsh Hawk. 
Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Sury., 1838, 161, 178. 
In habits this hawk is unlike any of the other hawks. It 
lives in the open country, nesting and perching on the 
ground. It may always be known by its white rump spot 
or patch, and by its relatively small body and long, pointed 
