Family BUTEONID^E. 

 SWALLOW-TAILED KITE. 5 TV 



327. Elanoides forficatus. 24 in. 



Tail long and deeply forked. Hea^ i*nd 

 under parts pure white. Back, Ving8' fl $nd 

 tail glossy greenish-blue. Feet small. 



Note. A shrilly whistled peet-peet. 



Nest. Of sticks and moss in the tops of 

 tall trees. Three or four white eggs, 

 blotched with brown. 



Range. Breeds south from S. Car., south- 

 ern Ind. and Minn. Casual north to New 

 England. 



WHITE-TAILED KITE. 



328. Elanns leucurus. 16 in. 



Head, under parts and tail white. Back 

 and wings light gray, shoulders black. 



Nest. Of sticks, weeds and leaves in tall 

 trees. Eggs creamy, profusely blotched with 

 brown. 



Range. Breeds southward from S. Car. 

 and Fla. and from Tex. and Cal. Casual 

 north to 111. and Ind. 101 



