FALC( )N I \)A'] - Til !•; V.\ l,f 'oNS. -JO,'] 



pi'iiniu'ii-'s with iiiiHi' (ir less nifous. Yniinij. IJciu'atli wliiii.-h, siripi'd li.ii'_'iiii- 

 cliliiilly Willi liiowiiisli ; iiliovc iiiiicli Viiiic^'uliMl ; luil with scvcTiil iiiiiiow whili.^li 

 IiuikIs, 



1. I. misBissippieiisis. AiIkII. W'w^^ li<.'lii('i' tli^n tin' liiil, tin' .-I'coii- 

 (lark's Ikiuiv wliili-li; iiiiici' Wfli.s of iii'iniai'ii's willi only ohsciirt' sjiol-: ol' 

 nilViiis, till' oiilci' wclis with :i vury (ilisciiiv sliiin' nl' llic saliir. Tail wlioliy 

 lilack. }'(/»»(/. Slii|ii's linicuth nililisli-uiiiliiT ; lowrr l.iil-ruvcrls willi 

 loiij.'iliiiliiial siiall-strt.'aks ol' lliu .saun,'. Sci-dihI In liiiid (|iiiii< ioii;^!'-! ; Ili-.-l 

 Rhoi'tor than suvciilh uinl loiii.'ci' than sixlh. Wiiijr, Id.iKl - 12 ild ; lail, 

 0.00-7.00; (Mihiicii, .()0-.U.'i; taiMis, L.'iO- 1.").') ; iniiliUc t><r. l.Od-l.lO. 

 J/uli. I'raiiiis uiiil ."iavaimas of thu .■southern Uiiilcil StaU'.s ami Nmlhciii 

 Moxico, fidiii Wisconsin and (Jeorj,'ia to MiriPiloi'. 



2. I. plumbea.' Adult. Wing concoloi- wilh the tail, the .-iuiMiiilaric.s 

 Ijlaeiv ; iiniiT \vi'h.-i of lh(^ priniarii'.s almost wlioliv rnfoiis ; oulcr wchs with 

 only a trace of iiifons. Tail wilh ahont tiiri'c liamis of pMrf while, I'oiuicil 

 by trniksvci'sc sjiols on the inniT wchs. Ydiiiui. Siriiics he'ncatii liidwiii.-li- 

 black ; lowci' tail-i'iivci'ls ti-aiisvci'scly spottcil witii llic same ; uppuf parts 

 durkur. Tliird ipiili lon;,'cst ; liist siiorlci- or lonjrcr than the seventh. Tail 

 more nearly ,s(inaic Winj;, 10.")0 - 12.20 ; lail, 5.'10-(i.S0 ; culnien. .(12- 

 .70; taisus, l.lij-1.50; uiiddli! toe, 1.00- l.Oo. Hub. Tropical America, 

 from I'arai'uav to Soiithci'n Mexico. 



Ictinia mississippiensis (Wilson). 



MISSISSIPPI KITE; BLUE KITE. 



Falco mississippkii.ii.i, Wii.s. Am. Oni. pi. 2,"), f. 1, l^'18. — l,.\ rii. flcn. Hist. !, 27.">. — 

 Jamrs. (Wii.s.) Am. Oni. I, 7'-', lK;il. Xir/iis //(/w/.s-s//,,//,,,*/.*, Hon;, l^is, is-js, ;{14. 

 Milvu.i iiiississi/iin'ritfii.i, Cvv. lii'g. An. (imI. 2>, I, !i:j."), l.S21>. Ifllnin iiiissi.isi/i/iifii.iis, 

 GliAY, ticii. 11. lol, sp. 2 ; List U. Itiit. Mas. p. I.s. LSI I ; Ceu. & .Suh-dm. lirit. Mas. 

 p. «, 18;').'). —Cass. 11. Cal. k Ti'X. p. Km;, l^s.M. — Kait, I'ch. Talk. Mus. .><,ii.k. 

 p. 258, 184;". ; Monn^'. I'alc. ('out. Oni. l.S'iO, p. :,7. — SriilcKL. <>rn. .Syn. 1, 140, Is.".,'.. 

 — niSKWKU, (Kilojiy, I, 18.')7, 41.— CoiKS, I'lod. Oiii. Aiiz. ]i. l:i, IMiii. - l)i:i:.-sr.i;. 

 Ibis, 18G5, 327 (Texas). - (JuAY, Hand LW, I, 28, ISOi). Fn/m /ihhulH us, Arn. dm. 

 Biog. 11, 108, pi. exvii ; V, p. :i74, 1831. L-linia jiluinlici, Iionat. Eiir. I'i: .N. Am. 

 B. p. 4, 1838; Ann. N. Y. I.yc. 11, 30; l.sis, 1832, \<. 1137. — .Iai;I>. (Wii.s.) Aim. 

 Oiii. I, 3G8, )il. 2.'>, r. 1, 1832. — llnr.w. (Wii.s.^ Synop. (i8."), 18.-,2. Arn. Syiicip. 11. 

 Am. [). 14, 183i). — WooDil. (Sitgi.) ll\ii. /uiii & C'ulorad. p. 01, Ih.'iu. - Xirr. .\hiii. 

 92, 1833. 



Rp. Ciiai!. .1(^(7^ iiuik (No. 1,4.%, Coll. R. Rido-w.ay, Riehland Co., Ill,, Au;ju-t II), 

 1871). Head, neck, seeoiidar-ics. and entire lower ]iarls plnmlieoiis-ash. beconiin;/. hy a 

 gradual transition, lighter on the head and secondarii's, where the shade is pale einereous; 

 tlio head anteriorly, and the lips of the secondaries, being silvery-white. Lores and eye- 

 lids black. Rest of the phunage dark i)hnnIieous, approaching plMuilieous-lilaek on the 



1 Idiiiiii plumhea (Ci.Mr.i,. ). F<ikii plumheiin, Omi-.i,. S. X. 1780, 283. Irtinia /ihtmlicd, 

 ViEII.I,. 1816, 24. — diiAY, Hand List, I. A'('W»s ;)7h//i/»/(.s; Hon;, I.,is, 182S, .■!14. /'(m'/oj). 

 tcryx pliiiiibciis, Kaip, Ud). Falk. Miih Senck. ]84."i, 2riS. .Vilnix futiclin's, Vii.ii.i,. (lis, .\m. 

 Sept, 1807. pi. X. Diifo) ccnrhrin, Vvv. Keg. An. (ed. 2), 1, 1820, 337. 



Specimens e.iinnined. — National Miiscmn, 4; I'hiladclpliia Aiadcmy, 4; New York Museum, 

 4; Boston Society, 4; Museum Comp. Zoul., 1 ; Cab. G. N. Lawrence, 2; Cull. U. liidgway, 

 1. Total, 20. 



