74 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Sept. 23, 1874, at Westbrook, Oct. 16, 18, 1875, an d Grinnell 

 reported one taken by Merwin at the mouth of the Housatonic 

 River in June, 1875. 



Fall, 1879, Stamford, one seen (Hoyt) ; April 20, 1882, North 

 Stonington, one shot by O. G. Brown (in Peabody Museum) j 1 

 March 15, 1886, East Haven (L. C. S.) ; Aug., 1888, Stamford 

 (Hoyt) ; April 23, 1893, Stratford, one seen (Eames) ; Aug. 31, 

 1898, Old Lyme, one seen (Brockway) f Aug. 17, 1902, New 

 Milford, one male caught by W. C. Pomeroy (H. K. J., in coll. 

 of L. B. B.) ; 8 Aug. 21, 1902, Torrington, one seen by Hanson 

 (H. K. J.) ; 3 Aug. 27, 1902, Gaylordsville, one seen by E. H. A. 

 and H. K. J. ; summer, 1903, Danbury, one wounded and kept 

 in captivity (J. C. A. M.) ; May 19, 1907, Danbury, one shot 

 (J. C. A. M., in coll. of L. B. B.). 



Catharista urubu (Vieillot). Black Vulture. 



Besides the doubtful record referred to by Merriam 4 of three 

 specimens killed by J. H. Hand at Westbrook, Aug. 10, Sept. 

 12, 21, 1874, the only records for Connecticut are: an adult male, 

 shot by Robert Payne at East Lyme, July 6, 1901 (in coll. of 

 Hill) ; 5 and a specimen seen at Bolton reservoir, Oct. 10, 1879, 

 by Dr. Wm. Wood (MS. note to J. H. S.). 



Suborder FALCONES. Vultures, Falcons, Hawks, Buzzards, 

 Eagles, Kites, Harriers, etc. 



Family BUTEONID^E. Hawks, Eagles, Kites, etc. 



Elanoides forficatus (Linnaeus). Swallow-tailed Kite. 



Connecticut records. Summer, 1861, Portland, one seen, 

 which " suddenly dove and arose with a snake in its . talons," 

 which it devoured in mid-air (H. W. C., recorded by Merriam).; 6 

 July 2, 1877, Lyme, one seen (J. G. Ely, recorded by Merriam) ; 6 

 June 16, 1889, Saybrook, one seen, " an unmistakable specimen, 

 gracefully soaring in slowly receding circles; his long, pointed, 



1 O. and O., vii, 18, p. 141. 



*Auk, xv, i, p. 53. 



3 Job, The Sport of Bird Study, p. 296. 



4 Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 93. 



6 Auk, xix, 1902, i, p. 94. 



Merriam, Birds of Conn., pp. 76-7. 



