342 CARROLL, Birds of Refugio County, Texas. Ane 
thick chaparral, and by sides of fallen trees. Nidification season begins 
earlier with the present species than with C. aura, complete sets being 
found as early as the first half of February. 
71. Elanoides forficatus. SWALLOW-TAILED KiTE.—A rare migrant. 
Have seen but two or three in the county. Saw one March 29, 1899; an- 
other April 6 of the same year. The tall pecan trees bordering the San 
Antonio River afford most admirable nesting sites, but so far as I can 
learn, they have never bred in the county. 
72. Ictinia mississippiensis. Mississippi KirE.— A very common 
migrant. Arrived March 6, in 1899. Does not breed. 
73. Circus hudsonius. Marsnh HAawk.— A common winter resident ; 
none remain to breed. 
74. Accipiter velox. SHARP-SHINNED HAwk.— Rare migrant. Have 
seen but one and found that dead. 
75. Accipiter cooperi. Cooper’s Hawk. — Tolerably common in win- 
ter. Do not remain in summer. 
76. Parabuteo unicinctus harrisii HARRIS’s HAwk.— Common resi- 
dent. Becomes more common near the coast. Have never seen them in 
company with P. cherzway, nor eating carrion as mentioned by previous 
writers. Have found their nests in chaparral, scarcely eight feet from 
the ground, and in the tops of tall trees. Are early breeders, beginning 
to lay sometimes as early as January. So far as my experience goes, the 
complement of eggs is more often three or four than two, and immacu- 
late eggs are much commoner than marked ones. 
77. Buteo borealis. RED-TAILED HAwk.—Not very common, the 
succeeding subspecies being the predominant variety. Habits identical. 
78. Buteo borealis krideri. KRIDER’s HAWK. — Rather common resi- 
dent. Could not be more typical; no subterminal bar; underparts snow- 
white. Breeding habits similar to those of doreadis, the main difference 
being that #vzderz more often places green leaves in its nest. Nidifica- 
tion begins in the latter part of February. 
79. Buteo lineatus alleni. FLORIDA RED-SHOULDERED Hawk. — Tol- 
erably common in winter. I think none remain to breed. 
80. Buteo albicaudatus sennetti. WHITE-TAILED HAwK.— Common 
resident. Frequents the open prairie, which characteristic gives them the 
local name, ‘Prairie Hawk.’ Are not molested by ranchmen, who take 
into consideration their good offices in disposing of noxious mammals. 
Breed in April and May, placing their nests in top of chaparral or 
a small tree on the prairie. Eggs two, rarely three, marked eggs being 
unusual. 
81. Buteo swainsoni. SwaAINson’s Hawk.— Very common migrant. 
In spring of 1899 arrived March 28, and was seen in great numbers for two 
weeks, frequenting alike prairie and wooded land. Their number in 1899 
‘was unusually great. 
82. Aquila chrysaétos. GoLDEN EAGLE.— Perhaps I should note this 
Eagle as of doubtful identification, as I did not take the specimen, and it is 
