i4!t 



lives (lia( lliev i)('\L'r were kiiowu lo disturb [xiullry 

 or giiiiiL' of aiiv kind. Tcs(iim>iiy Iroiii all .sides con 

 linns this a.^scrlion. Jn ])ost-uu)rti'in oxaniinations uf 

 six stomacLs of these Kites, recorded by Dr. .\. K. 

 Fisher," the followin;; insects, lizards, etc., were 

 found: 



VIEWS OF VARIOUS WRITERS. 



Audubon speaks of often seeing these luu\ks with 

 long slender snakes lianging from their talons, and he 

 gives the following account (quoted from Dr. A. K. 

 Fisher's P.ulletiii Nn. ?,) of two stomachs collected in 

 Texas: 



"In the stomaLh (uf une Ijiid) arc six snakus. oC a vf-ry slen- 

 der form and light-green color, one of them 22V2 inches in 

 length, together with one large larva, 3 inches long, and two 

 ooleopterou.« ("beetles) insects. Some of the snakes have been 

 sua Howe. I wlKilp although bruised, the rest broken into large 

 I'i' ■ in.hes long. « s * s. jn another 



iii.i «ame country, on the same day, the stomach 



Nr snake 19 inches long, six lizards, and four 

 l".i- . large coleopterous insects, with two eggs oC 



reptil.'S ''2 iii'liPs Inng."— (Ornith. Biography, \ol. v.. pp. 



This s,H 



^^'. Hensii, 



on (he Mi,- 



li-h(^ 

 lie f. 

 lida. 



.n the ground; Jlr. H. 

 ud (hese Kites common 

 d frequently saw them 



•Tiie Hawks and Owls of the United States in Relation to 

 -Vgriculture; Bulletin No. 3, Division of Ornithology and Mam- 

 niolc.gy. United States Department of Agriculture, 1S93 



