HAWKS 7 



BLACK VULTURE 

 Catharisla urubu urubu. Case 3, Fig. 10 



Head black, plumage without the brownish cast of the Turkey 

 Vulture. 



Range. Eastern U. S., north to Virginia; an abundant Per- 

 manent Resident. Washington, casual, Mch., July, Dec. 



The Vulture of southern cities; a frequenter of slaughter 

 houses and markets. In flight the under surfaces of the 

 wing look silvery. It is by no means so impressive a 

 figure in the air as the Turkey Vulture. Two pale bluish 

 white eggs, generally with brown markings, are laid on 

 the ground under logs, bushes, palmettoes, etc., in March 

 and April. 



HAWKS, EAGLES, KITES, ETC. FAMILY 

 BUTEONID.E 



SWALLOW-TAILED KITE 



Elanoides forficatus forficatus 



The head and lower parts are white, the rest of the plumage 

 glossy black; the tail deeply forked. L. 24. 



Range. Florida to South Carolina, and up the Mississippi 

 Valley rarely to Saskatchewan ; winters south of the United States, 

 returning in March. 



Washington, three records, Aug.; Apl. SE. Minn., uncommon 

 S. R., May 4. 



Color, form, grace, and power of motion combine to 

 make the flight of the Swallow-tail an impressive demon- 

 stration of the bird's mastery of the air. It feeds on lizards 

 and small snakes which it captures when on the wing 

 from the branches of trees. The nest is placed in the 

 upper branches of tall trees, 2-3 eggs heavily marked with 

 brown being laid in Florida in April; in Iowa in June. 



