Nest.—Made of sticks, weeds and leaves, and placed in trees at quite an elevation from the ground; eggs creamy white, profusely blotched with brown.
Range.—Texas to central California, and less often east of the Miss. River, north to South Carolina.
MISSISSIPPI KITE
329. Ictinia mississippiensis. 14 in.
Head, underparts and ends of secondaries, bluish-gray. Lores and tail black; back dark; eyes red.
Nest.—Of sticks and weeds in the tops of tall trees; eggs bluish white, usually unmarked, but occasionally with a few brownish specks (1.65 × 1.25).
Range.—Breeds north to South Carolina, southern Illinois and Kansas; winters south of the United States.
EVERGLADE KITE
330. Rostrhamus sociabilis. 15 in.