88 BIRDS OF OHIO. 



February 6, 1895, four miles north of Reynoldsburg, seem 

 to constitute the Ohio records for this southern species. 



Suborder FALCONES. Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, 



Osprey. 



Family Falconid^. Same as above. 

 The food habits are fully given under each species. 



123. (327.) Elanoides forficatus (Linn.). 166. 



Swallow-tailed Kite. 

 Synonyms: Falco furcatus, Nauclerus furcatus, Falco forficatus. 

 Wilson, Am. Orn., VI, 1812, 70. 



Writing in 1812, Wilson said that this Kite "is very abun- 

 dant in South Carolina and Georgia, and still more so in 

 West Florida, and the extensive prairies of Oliio and the 

 Indiana Territory." Dr. Kirtland found it "in considerable 

 numbers in Portage and Stark counties" in the mid- 

 dle thirties, but noted its absence in 1838. Mr. Kirkpatrick 

 found it occasionally in Crawford county, where it had been 

 numerous before, in 1858. This was the last seen of this 

 elegant bird until a specimen came into Dr. Wheaton's hands 

 from Pataskala, where it was killed August 22, 1878. 

 Twenty years later in August, 1898, Rev. W. F. Henninger 

 notes a specimen shot in Ross- county near Chillicothe. This 

 seems to close the records to date. 



123. (331.) Circus hudsonius (Linn.). 167. 

 Marsh Hawk. 



Synonyms: Circus cyaneus var. hudsonius, Falco cyaneus, F. 

 hudsonius. 

 Marsh Harrier, Harrier, Mouse Hawk, Blue Hawk, American 

 Marsh Hawk. 

 ■Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 161, 178. 



In habits this hawk is unlike any of the other hawks. It 

 lives in the open country, nesting and perching on the 

 ground. It may always be known by its white rump spot 

 or patch, and by its relatively small body and long, pointed 



