26 BAYLOR UNIVERSITY BULLETIN 



ORDER RAPTORES. Birds of Prey. 

 FAMILY CATHARTDAE. American Vultures. 



163. Cathartes aura septentrionalis. Turkey Vulture. 



Abundant resident Less conunon than Catharista urubu near 

 the coast. 



164. Catharista urubu. Black Vulture. 



Abundant resident, especially on the Lower Rio Grande and in the 

 coast region of Eastern Texas. Rare west of the middle section. 



FAMILY FALCONIDAE. Hawkes, Eagles, Falcons, Etc. 



165. Elanoides forficatus. Swallow-tailed Kite. 



Formerly abundant summer resident, now rather rare, in the eastern 

 and southern sections of the State. Always breeding in proximity to 

 rivers and streams. In March 1891, the writer saw a flock of at least 

 two hundred birds flying over a marsh in the eastern portion of Mc- 

 Lennan county. 



166. Elanus leucurus. White-tailed Kite. 



Summer resident of the southern half of the State, nowhere abundant 

 Record from the Lower Rio Grande, Houston, San Angelo, Lee county, 

 etc., as a breeding bird. 



167. Ictinia mississippiensis. Mississippi Kite. 



Resident in the extreme southern section. Summer resident in the 

 Panhandle (Amarillo, etc.,) in Lee county (Smgley), near Houston 

 (Nehrling) and locally throughout the State. 



168. Circus hudsonius. Marsh Hawk. 



Resident, breeding locally. Very abundant m winter, especially in the 

 western half of the State. 



169. Accipiter vdox. Sharp-shinned Hawk. 



Common winter resident May possibly breed in isolated sections. 



170. Accipiter cooperii. Cooper's Hawk. 



Resident, bleeding locally, principally in the northern and northeast- 

 em sections. 



171. Accipiter atricapillus striatulus. Western Goshawk. 



Record from Western Texas by William Lloyd. 



172. Asturina plagiata. Mexican Goshawk. 



Occasional visitor to the southern section of the State. 



