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Catalogue of the Birds of Illinois. 
Genus Ictinia, Vieillot. 
*188. I. subccerulea (Bartr.) Coues. Mississippi Kite. Summer sojourner; 
rare northward, but, like the Swallow-tail, very abundant locally, especially in 
August, in the southern third of the state. Usually seen soaring in company 
with Turkey Buzzards or the Swallow-tailed Kites, often performing extra- 
ordinary and beautiful aerial evolutions. 
Genus Circus, Lacepede. 
*189. C. hudsonius (Linn.) Vieill. Marsh Hawk. Chiefly winter sojourner, 
but resident northward, and (probably) on southern prairies. 
Genus Accipiter, Brisson. 
*190. A. cooperi, Bp. Cooper’s Hawk. Resident. Commonly known as 
the “Blue Chicken Hawk,’’ “Swift Hawk,” “Quail Hawk,” &c. 
*191. A. fuscus (Gmel.) Bp. Sharp- sliinned Hawk. Resident. 
Genus Astur, Lacepede. 
192. A. atricapillus (Wils.) Bp. American Goshawk. Winter visitant; 
rare southward. 
Genus Buteo, Cuvier. 
*193. B. borealis (Gmel.) Vieill. Red-tailed Hawk. Resident. The com- 
mon “ Rabbit Hawk,” or “ White -breasted Hen Hawk.” 
193a. B. borealis calurus (Cass.) Ridgw. Western Red-tailed Hawk. 
Occasional, or accidental visitant from the west (Cook county, April, 1873; see 
Nelson, p. 119). 
194. B. harlani, Aud. Harlan’s Hawk; Black Warrior. Taken at War- 
saw, Hancock county, in March, 1879, by Mr. C. K. Worthen (see Bull. Nutt. 
Orn. Club, January, 1880, p. 31). 
*195. B. lineatus (Gmel.) Jard. Red- shouldered Hawk. Resident. The 
most abundant species of the genus. 
*196. B. swainsoni , Bp. Swainson’s Hawk. An uncommon and rather 
local species. Obtained several times within the state, and found breeding in 
Richland county, by Mr. E. W. Nelson. (See Bull. Essex. Inst., IX., 1877, 
p. 47.) 
*197. B. pennsylvanicus (Wils.) Bp. Broad-winged Hawk. Resident. 
One of the rarer species in most localities. 
Genus Asturina, Vieillot. 
198. A. nitida plagiata (Licht.) Ridgw. Mexican Goshawk. Rare, per- 
haps accidental, summer visitant to southern portion. (Fox Prairie, Richland 
county, August, 1871; one specimen. (See American Naturalist, July, 1872, p. 
430, and April, 1873, p. 203.) 
Genus Archiruteo, Brehm. 
199. A. lagopus sancti-johannis (Gm.) Ridgw. Rough-legged Hawk. 
Winter sojourner. 
