. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . S OF EASTERN KOBTH AMERICA. lo7 c. Black and White Kites. Elanus. Bill, short: wings, long: tail, short and square. 1. WHITE-TAILED KITE, E. leucurus. ; head,neck, tail, and beneath, white; above with central tail feath-ers, ashy-gray; patch on bend of wing, black. Breeds insouthern U. S. from S. C. and southern 111. to Tex. and Cal.:winters in South America: casual in Mich. d. Curve-billed Rostrbamus. Rather large, slender kites with well-curved bills, longwings, and nearly square tails. 1. EVERGLADE KITE, R. sociabilis.
. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . S OF EASTERN KOBTH AMERICA. lo7 c. Black and White Kites. Elanus. Bill, short: wings, long: tail, short and square. 1. WHITE-TAILED KITE, E. leucurus. ; head,neck, tail, and beneath, white; above with central tail feath-ers, ashy-gray; patch on bend of wing, black. Breeds insouthern U. S. from S. C. and southern 111. to Tex. and Cal.:winters in South America: casual in Mich. d. Curve-billed Rostrbamus. Rather large, slender kites with well-curved bills, longwings, and nearly square tails. 1. EVERGLADE KITE, R. sociabilis. : ashy-black above, brown beneath : base of tail and its coverts,white, fig. 191. Female browner above and much markedwith reddish below. Breeds in Cuba, and southwardinto eastern South America. Xests placed in low bushes inFla. in March ; eggs, 1 or 2. bluish-white spotted and blotchedwith brown of varying shades. Flies low over marshes withrather slow wing-beats and erratic movements. Food, large-ly fresh-water mollusks. Figr. IPl. Fig.
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