CHECK LIST OF NEW YORK BIRDS 287 
Family FALCONIDAE Falcons, hawks, eagles, ete. 
181 (327) Swallow-tailed kite 
Elanoides forficatus (Linn.) 
182 (331) *Marsh hawk 
Circus hudsonius (Linn.) 
183 (332) *Sharp-shinned hawk 
Accipiter velox (Wils.) 
184 (333) *Cooper’s hawk 
Accipiter cooperii (Bonap.) 
-4It seems probable that a pair of these interesting birds bred in Rensselaer county 
in 1886. See Auk, 3:484-85. 
