No. 3.] 



SENNETT ON THE ORNITHOLOGY OF TEXAS. 



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99. Elanoides forficatus* (L., 1758) Coues. — Stcalloiv-tancd Kite. 



The first day after our arrival at Corpus Christi, while prospectiufj^ on 

 the bluffs just outside of the town, four of this species came Hying over 

 within range, and we obtained two of them. They were the only ones 

 observed dming the season. 



Corpus Christi. 

 do 



March 21 

 March 21 



22. 75 

 23. 00 



-)1. 00 



30, 00 



17. 00 

 17.50 



1:3.25 

 1:5. 15 



100. AcciPiTER Fuscus (Gm.) Bp. — Sharp-shinned Rawlc. 

 Two or three only observed at Lomita. 



154 $ Lomita April 20 12.00 22.00 7. CO 5.75 



101. ACCIPITER cooPERi Bp. — Cooper^s Hnwl: 



A great scarcitj'^ of Hawks at Lomita; only one of this variety 

 obtained. 



74 



Lomita April 10 



102. Falco communis Auct. — Peregrine Falcon or Duclc Bawl:. 



While cruising about Nueces Bay, near Corpus Christi, on March 

 24, we saw this Hawk in jmrsuit of a Coot, w^hich it cai)tured, and fiew 

 with to a small shell island near by, to devour. By means of our skiff 

 and the cover of a few weeds on the island, we got within range and 

 obtained it. It was a female with eggs undeveloped. 



17 



Corpus Christi. 



March 24 



19.50 



45.00 



14. .50 



7.00 



103. Falco sparverius L. — Sparroic Hawlc. 

 A few specimens seen at Lomita in April. 



101. Antenor unicinctus iiARRisi (Aud.) Kidg.— farm's Buzzard. 



IParaiuteo unieinctits \ar. harrini, Rwow.ojyud iiv., Bijew., & Riimjw., Hist. 

 N. A. B. iii, 1874, p. 2f.0. Tyjje of genus Farahulco; intciiflod for Antenor, 

 named on p. 248. 

 Antenor unicinctus var. harrisi, RiDGW. apud Meriull, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. i, 

 Oct. 2, 1878, p. 154. —^- ^- 1 



This bird is resident on the Lov»T.r Rio Grande, and was more abun- 

 dant than any other of the family. I found in the croi)S of those I 

 obtained mice, lizards, birds, and often the Mexican striped gopher 



[*See Pr. Phila. Acad. 187G, p. 345, and Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr, iv, No. 1, 

 1878, p. 42.— E. C] 



