COMPREHENSIVE LIST 



places within our state, lo- 

 cal conditions being favor- 

 able, and where some added 

 protection has been given 

 it. In most cases, however, 

 the experiment has proven 

 a venture without yielding 

 the best results. 



PIGEON AND DOVE. 



Passenger Pigeon. 



Supposed to have once 

 nested sparingly in N. E. 

 111. Now extinct. Former- 

 ly occurred abundantly as 

 a T. V. throughout the 

 state. 



t$ *Mourning Dove. S.R., N.C. 



S. 



Common, though numbers 

 much reduced in recent 

 years. Winters occasion- 

 ally in N. and C. 111. and is 

 present all winter in parts 

 of S. 111. 



VULTURES. 



ft *Turkey Vulture. S.R., N.C. 



S. 



Chiefly C. and S. Rare S. 

 R. in N. 111. P. R. in S. 111. 



*Black Vulture. S.R., S. 



Not uncommon in S. 111. 



HAWKS AND EAGLES. 



*Swallow-tailed Kite. S.R., 



S. 



Now rare. Irregular and 

 uncommon T. V. in other 

 parts of state. 



White-tailed Kite. 



Recorded as a S. R. in S. 

 111. (Mt. Carmel) Authority 

 Ridgway. 



Mississippi Kite. S.V. 



A summer visitant to S. 111., 

 probably less plentiful than 

 formerly. 



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