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Elanoides fokficatus, (Linn.) Cones. 



Swdllow-iailed Kite. 



I have seen tliis kite as far north as Cedar Connty and as far west as the meridian 

 of Fort Kearney. In Dixon County a pair nested for at least four years in succession 

 on a Cottonwood on Badger Creek. Insects are probably its principal food ; at least, 

 I never found anything else in its stomach. 



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June— ,1865 

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Sarpy County IN^ebraska .. .. 



Sept. —,1873 







AcciPiTER Fuscus, (Gm.) Gray. 



Pigeon Mawlc. 



Unfortunately too abundant in Nebraska ; and the half dozen specimens that I ex- 

 amined at different times all contained, in addition to some insects, the remains of 

 birds. 



AcciPiTER cooPEEi, (Bp.) Gray. 



Cooper^s HawTc ; ChieTcen MawTc. 



Like the preceding, whenever I have examined it, its stomach contained a few in- 

 sects, but a large amount of birds. Sometimes, but I think not often, it captures a 

 young rabbit or a gopher. Of six that I dissected, only one contained the remains of a 

 small mammal. 



AsTUR ATRiCAPiLLUS, (Wils.) Jard. 



The American GosTimvTc. 



Present but rare on the prairies of Nebraska. Unfortunately, while it devours some 

 insects, it destroys more birds. The single one that I dissected in August, 1867, on the 

 borders of Dixon and Cedar Counties, had a few locusts and the remains of a rabbit 

 and quail in its stomach. 



Falco mexicantjs polyagrus, (Cass.) Cones. 



American Lanier or Prairie Falcon. 



Only occasionally seen in Nebraska. One that was sent to me from Sarpy Connty in 

 September, 1874, had 16 locusts and part of a prairie chicken iu its stomach. Evidently 

 not a desirable bird for the State. 



Faxco communis, Gm. 



Peregrine Falcon; Buck HaicTc. 



Have seen this hawk but three times in the State, and obtained none for examina- 

 tion. I place it here only because of the known characters of its congeners. 



Falco columbarius richardsoni, Ridgw. 



American Merlin. 



Rather common in Nebraska. Breeds here. Two that I dissected in August, 1869, 

 at Dakota City, Nebr., had each about a dozen insects and the remains of birds in 

 their stomachs. 



