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49. Ictinia mississippiensis. Mississippi Kite. — A small number 

 appeared as summer residents in the vicinity of Bear Swamp between the 

 years 1886 and 1889. Apparently killed out since that time. 



50. Circus hudsonius. Marsh Hawk. ' Rabbit Hawk.' — Com- 

 mon winter resident. A typical winter bird of the broad hay fields of Mont- 

 gomery County and one of the most difficult to approach. 



51. Accipiter velox. Sharp-shinned Hawk. ' Little Blue 

 Darter.' — Permanent resident, much more in evidence in early spring. 



52. Accipiter cooperi. Cooper's Hawk. ' Big Blue Darter.' — 

 Tolerably common permanent resident, also much in evidence in early 

 spring about poultry yards. 



53. Buteo borealis borealis. Red-tailed Hawk. ' Big Chicken 

 Hawk.' — Tolerably common permanent resident. Breeding records: 

 April 9, 1909, Bear Swamp; one sHghtly incubated egg in large nest of 

 large sticks, lined with rootlets and trash, about 54 ft. up in crotch of large 

 pine; nest 3 ft. in diameter outside; birds very shy. (L. S. G.) Set of 

 two eggs taken at Barachias, Montgomery Co., but data lost. 



54. Buteo lineatuslineatus. Red-shouldered Hawk. — This form 

 occurs with us in winter. A female (specimen No. 189) in the State 

 University Museum was taken in Hale County in August. 



55. Buteo lineatus alleni. Florida Red-shouldered Hawk. 

 ' Chicken Hawk.' — Common permanent resident. Much more numer- 

 ous than the Red-tail. Breeding records: Mar. 28, 1909, near Pratt- 

 ville; three very slightly incubated eggs in nest of large sticks, fined with 

 green pine needles, placed 36 ft. from ground in crotch of hickory leaning 

 out over wooded hillside. Nest measured : inside, 7| in. diameter and 2^ 

 in. deep; outside, 24 in. widest diameter. (E. G. H.) April 11, 1909, 

 Catoma Swamp, near Barachias; nest of large sticks, lined with moss, 

 bark and green leaves, placed in crotch of large water oak about 50 ft. up. 

 Inside dimensions: 8 in. in diameter by 2 in. deep; outside, 11X17 in. 

 Contained one pipped egg and one young about two days old, covered with 

 buffy down. (E. G. H.). 



56. Buteo plat3rpterus. Broad-winged Hawk. ' Chicken H.\wk.' 

 — Uncommon permanent resident. Breeding record: May 22, 1912, near 

 Booth; two eggs with well developed embryos, in large nest of sticks, lined 

 with grass, rootlets, etc., about 25 ft. up in crotch of short-leaf pine on 

 barren hillside. (L. S. G.) 



57. Haliaeetus leucocephalus leucocephalus. Bald Eagle. — 

 Occurs as a rare, irregular visitant. On Dec. 18, 1913, while exploring 

 Bear Swamp we came unexpectedly upon a bunch of about a dozen Black 

 Vultures, behaving strangely, in a pine thicket on the edge of an old 

 beaver pond. We noticed a great commotion, which at first we attributed 

 to our presence, but the birds instead of rising and flying away, kept flying 

 about among the branches of the pines and one individual dropped to the 

 ground and fiterally "took to his heels," disappearing in the thick brush. 

 Then, just as it took flight, we noticed among them a much larger bird, 



