VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF KENTUCKY. 27 



186. Chicken Hawk (Accipüer cooperi, Bonaparte). 



Lexington. Nelson County (Beckham). Bowl- 

 ing Green (Miss Price). 



187. Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipüer velox, Wilson). 



Lexington. Observed breeding along the Ohio 

 (And.). Nelson County; a common permanent 

 resident (Beckham). 



188. Marsh Harrier (Circus hudsonius, Linn.). 



Observed nesting in the barrens by Audubon. 

 Lexington, occasional. 



189. Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus, Linn.). 



"Near the falls of the Ohio a pair had a nest and 

 reared four young ones in 1820. In the lower 

 part of Kentucky it begins to become more num- 

 erous" (Aud.). 



Vultures (Family Cathartidse) . 



190. Carrion Crow (Catharista atrala, Bartram). 



Tyrone. Nelson County (Beckham). Accord- 

 ing to Audubon it continues during the wholeyear 

 in Kentucky. 



191. Turkey Buzzard (Cathartes aura, Linn.). 



A very common permanent resident throughout 

 Kentucky. 



Pigeons (Family Columbidse). 



192. Turtle Dove (Zenaidura macroura, Linn.). 



A moderately common suramer resident. 



193. Wild Pigeons (Eclopistes migratorius, Linn.). 



Not common. Have never seen it in the blue 

 grass region. When onelistensto the accounts of 

 the great numbers of this harmless bird which oc- 

 curred in Kentucky only fifty years ago, he cannot 

 but speculate on the final outcome of Man's de- 

 structiveness. 



