14 Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



155. Elanoides forficatus, Eidgway. — Swallow-tailed Kite. — A 

 former summer visitant. — (Vide JTaymond, Ind. Geol. Report, 1869./ 



156. Circus oyanbus, var. hudsonicus, Ridgway. — Marsh Hawk. — 

 A rare spring and fall migrant. 



157. *Nisus Fuscus, Kaup. — Sharp-shinned Hawk. — Summer resi- 

 dent ; rare. (Breeds. Bury.) 



158. *Nisus cooPEKi, Bonaparte. — Cooper's Hawk. — A rather com- 

 mon summer resident. 



159. AsTUB palumbarius, var. atricapillus, Eidgway. — American 

 Goshawk. — A single specimen, female in immature plumage, taken 

 twenty miles east of Cincinnati, in November, 1878 {Dury). 



160. *BuTEO PENNSYLYANicus, Bouaparte. — Broad-winged Hawk.^- 

 Spring, summer and fall resident ; not rare. 



161. *BuTE0 LiNEATUS, Gmelin. — Bed-shouldered Hawk. — ^Resident. 

 With the exception of the Sparrow Hawk, this is our most common re- 

 presentative of the family. 



162. *BiTTEo borbalis, Vieillot. — Bed-tailed Hawk. — A rather rare 

 resident. 



163. Aechibuteo lagopus, var. sancti-johannis, Ridgway. — Bough- 

 legged ov Black Hawk. — :One specimen {Dury). 



164. Aquila chkys^tus, var. canadensis, Ridgway. — Golden Eagle. 

 — A rare migrant [Dr. Hunt). 



165. Haliaetus leucocephalus, Savigny. — White-headed Hagle; 

 American Eagle. — Migrant. Four specimens taken and many others 

 seen, in March, 1877, at Valley Junction, Ohio (Ih: J. H. Hunt). ' 



Family CathartidvE: American Vultures. 



166. *Rhinogryphus aura, Ridgway. — Turkey Buzzard. — A com- 

 mon summer resident. Nest containing joung observed by Mr. L. R. 

 Freeman, in Clermont County, Ohio. 



167. Cathakista atrata. Gray. — Black Vulture; Carrion Crow. 



Three specimens observed in December, 1876, at Madisonville ■ one 

 taken.^ Also identified on two previous occasions, both in winter. 



1 Dr. Wheaton'a collection contains a specimen taken in Licking- County Ohio 

 August 22d, 1878, by Eev. C. H. Permort;— the only record of its occurrence in Ohio " for 

 over twenty-fire years." — See Bulletin JSTuttall Ornitliological Oliiii, January 1879; p. 62. 



2 For particulars of the capture of this specimen, see BuZletin of the Ifuttall OrnWi'ologi- 

 (lal Cl-ui, October, 1877; p. 109. 



