. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. 454 Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. IX. 153. Ictinia mississippiensis (Wils.). Mississippi Kite. Distr.: Southern United States, east of the Rocky Mountains from South Carolina and Illinois to Central America. Adult: General plumage, plumbeous gray, palest on the head and darkest on the wings and tail; inner webs of primaries marked with rufous; no white on Mississippi Kite. - Immature birds have the head, neck, and under parts, whitish or buffy white, striped and spotted with dusky brown; upper plumage, dusky brown, t
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. 454 Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. IX. 153. Ictinia mississippiensis (Wils.). Mississippi Kite. Distr.: Southern United States, east of the Rocky Mountains from South Carolina and Illinois to Central America. Adult: General plumage, plumbeous gray, palest on the head and darkest on the wings and tail; inner webs of primaries marked with rufous; no white on Mississippi Kite. - Immature birds have the head, neck, and under parts, whitish or buffy white, striped and spotted with dusky brown; upper plumage, dusky brown, the feathers marked with buffy white or whitish; tail, dusky, narrowly barred with dark gray (outer webs) and grayish white (inner webs); under wing coverts marked with reddish brown. Length, to 15; wing, to 12; tail, The Mississippi Kite is not uncommon in southern Illinois in sum- mer. Nelson gives it as an "abundant summer resident in the southern portion of the state, probably occurs in northern ; Ridgway states (Orn. of Illinois, 1889, p. 449): "In August, 1871, it was very plentiful on Fox ; In Wisconsin Kumlien and Hollister do not include it as having been taken, although a number of the older. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cory, Charles B. (Charles Barney), 1857-1921. Chicago
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