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[ZENAIDURA MACROURA MARGINELLA (Woodhouse). Western 
Mourning Dove. | 
Recent subspecies. Probable migrant and summer resident. 
This recently separated form is said to range eastward into 
the Mississippi Valley. When more specimens have been taken 
for comparison, it will without doubt be found to occur regu- 
larly in migration as well as in summer. 
Order RAPTORES. Birds of Prey. 
Suborder Sarcorhamphi. American Vultures. 
Family CarHartipar, American Vultures. 
CATHARTES AURA SEPTENTRIONALIS Wied. Turkey Vulture. 
Common migrant and summer resident. 
A few Turkey Vultures arrive from the south in the latter 
part of February, but more often in the first half of March. 
They leave during November and December, though a few may 
remain into the first week in J anuary. 
The Buzzard nests in secluded places throughout the county, 
chiefly in the cliffs along the water courses. Fifteen or twenty 
pairs (twenty-seven birds have been seen circling at one time) 
nest regularly in the rocky ledges in and about Swope Park 
and have a common roost near the point where the Hickman’s 
Mills Road branches. 
They begin laying from the middle of April to the first of 
May and build no nest. The two beautifully marked eggs are 
to be found on the bare ground among rocks, in stumps, hollow 
trees and logs. 
Suborder Falcones. Vultures, Faleons, Hawks, Buzzards, 
Eagles, Kites, Harriers, ete. 
Family Burzoniwar. Hawks, Eagles, Kites, ete. 
ELAnomes FORFIcATUS (Linn.). Swallow-tailed Kite. 
Occasional summer visitant; rare summer resident. 
oot dates for the Swallow-tailed Kite, given by Bush, are 
ollows: In the summer of 1912 two pairs nested in the bot- 
ms near Courtney ; on March 22, 1916, one was seen at Court- 
