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THE RAPTORIAL BIRDS OF IOWA 



Elanoides forficatus. Cory, C. B, Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin, p. 461, 

 1909. 



Elanoides forficatus. Beebe, Mary B., and C. W., Our Search for a Wild- 

 erness, p. 154, 1910. 



Elanoides forficatus. Bruner, L.; Wolcott, R. H.; Swenk, M. H., A Pre- 

 liminary Review of the Birds of Nebraska, p. 50, 1909. 



Elanoides forficatus. Bunker, C. D., The Birds of Kansas, p. 146, 1913. 



Fig. 18. The Mississippi Kite, young bird. 



Genus Ictinia Vieillot 



3. ICTINIA MISSISSIPPIENSIS (Wilson). 329. . 

 Mississippi Kite. 



Field Characters. A rather small, slaty blue, or lead-colored 

 Kite, with black tail. Immature birds have streaked heads, dark 



