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Family Fatconipa@: Falcons. 
59. TINNUNCULUS SPARVERIUS, Vieillot.—Sparrow Hawk.——Several 
observed about cultivated grounds. 
60. ELANoIDES ForFICATUS, Ridgway.—--Swaliow-tailed Kite.—Seen 
daily after April Ist, usually in pairs skimming over the tree-tops along 
the borders of woodland. The only sound it was heard to utter was a 
short sharp cry, evidently a note of alarm. 
61. BuTEO BOREALIS, Vieillot.— Red-tailed Hawk.—Rather common 
about cultivated grounds and recent clearings. 
62. HALIAETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS, Savigny.—-Bald Hagle.—Occasional 
specimens noted along the Mississippi. 
Family CaTHARTIDZ: American Vultures. 
63. CaTHARTES auRA, Illiger.—TZurkey Buzzard—-A common 
species. Breeding March 25, as evidenced by an egg taken on that 
date by a negro, who carried it home with a view to hatching it under 
a hen, saying that it would make a “nice pet.” 
$4. CATHARISTA ATRATA, Less.—-Black Vulture; Carrion Crow.— 
Common throughout our visit, hunting chiefly along the river in 
parties of six or eight. The flight of this species, when hunting for 
food, is performed in small circles with frequent flappings and sail- 
ings alternately, and this, with its whitish-tipped wings and short 
square tail serves to readily distinguish it from the Turkey Buzzard 
even at a great distance. On our homeward journey the Black Vulture 
was frequently observed along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, the last 
noted being a party of eight, thirty-five miles below Louisville, Ky., 
on April 28th. 
Family CoLtumpipz: Pigeons. 
_ 65. ZENAIDURA CAROLINENSIS, Bp.—Mourning Dove.—Common resi- 
dent. i 
Family Perpicipz: Partridges. 
66. Orntyx VIRGINIANUS, Bp.— Bob-white; American Quail.—One 
small covey of six or eight individuals were the only Quail observed 
during our stay. 
Family ArpEipa&: Herons. 
67, ARDEA HEROpIAS, Linnseeus.—Great Blue Heron.—Several speci- 
mens seen about the swamp. 
