Kites and Marsh Hawks 



327. SyiaWivi-UWea Kite iElanoidfsfor/katus}, L. 

 24. y4ds. Back purplish black, wings and tail blue- 



black. Nalfs, A shrill, keen, e-fi or af-ai-wi. (Ben- 

 dire,) 



RanEe.— Middle Amsrlca; summers north to Virginia, central lUI- 

 noi£. northern Minnesota. Manlloba and Dalinia: west Id ctntial Kan- 

 Eas, raraly to Colorado; winters in G^nlral anJ South America. 



328, White-tailed Kite {Stanus leitcurus). L. 15. ;. 

 ^ds. Shoulders black; back and middle tail-feathers 

 ashy grav; rest of tail-feathers, forehead and underparts 

 white. Yng. Upperparts with rusty. Notes. A plain- 

 tive, musical whistle. (Barlow.) 



Rang*.^MIddi« Aifierica nortti fa South CatDlina. soutliem Illinois, 

 Indiin Tenitorv. west-rn Texas. Ariiona anJ central California: 

 south to Argentine Republic; ra.re east of the the Mississippi. 



329. Mississippi Kite (Idtm'a na'ssissii^nensis) . L. 

 14. Ads. Head, ends of secondaties, and underparts 

 bluish gray; back bluish slate; tail black without bars. 

 Yng. Head streaked black and white; back blackish, 

 tipped with rusty; tail with three or four broken white 

 bars; underparts buffy, streaked with rusty and 

 blackish. 



Ran gt.— Middle America: breeds north to South Carolina, southern 



Illinois and Kansas; winters in traplcs. 



330. Everglade Kite; Snail Hawk (Rnstrhamas so- 

 ciabilis). L. iS. Longer upper tail-coverts and base 

 of tail white. Ads. Slaty black; end of tail with 

 brownish and whitish bands. Yng. Above blackish 

 brown tipped with rusty; below mottled rusty, black- 

 ish and buff. 



Range. Tropical Atierlca north t^ southern Florida and eastern 

 Mexico; south to Argentine Republic. 



331. MaP9h Hawk; Harrier (Cireus pudsofwu), 

 L, (^, ig; ?, 22. Upper tail-coverts and base of tail 

 white, ^d. (5*. Above gray or ashy; underparts with 

 rusty spots- Ad. 9 , and Yng. Above brownish 

 black with more or less nisty, particularly on the nape; 

 below brownish rusty with black streaks on breast. 

 Notes. A peevish scream and peculiar clucking or 

 cackling. (Preston.): 



Range.— North America; breeds locally north to about latitude So^ ; 

 winters from southern New York, northern Illinois, northern Kansas. 

 Colorado and Brtttsh Columbia south to Central America. 



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