184 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



SUBORDER FALCONES. VULTURES, FALCONS, HAWKS, 

 BUZZARDS, EAGLES, KITES, HARRIERS, ETC. 



FAMILY FAL.CONID.5i3. VULTURES, FALCONS, HAWKS, 



EAGLES, ETC. 



SUBFAMILY ACCIPITRIN^. KITES, BUZZARDS, HAWKS, GOSHAWKS, 



EAGLES, ETC. 



GENUS ELANOIDES YIEILLOT. 



s. Nouv. Diet. XXIV. 1818, 101. Type,fa!cofurca- 

 tus = F. forficatus LINN. 



327. Elanoides forficatus (LINN.). 



Kite. 



Falco forficatus LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 89. 



Elanoides forficatus COUES, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1875, 345- 



[B 34, C 337, R 426, C 493.] 



HAS. Southern United States, especially in the interior, from Penn- 

 sylvania and Minnesota southward, throughout Central and South 

 America ; westward to the Great Plains. Casual eastward to Southern 

 New England. Accidental in England. 



GKNUS ELANUS SAVIGNY. 



Elanus SAVIG. Descr. de 1'Egypte, 1809, 97. Type, E. casius = 

 Falco mclanoplcnis DAUD. 



328. Elanus leucurus ( VIEILL.). 



Kite. 



Afilvus leucurus VIEILL. Nouv. Diet. XX. iSiS, 563 (errore 556). 

 Elanus leucurus BOXAP. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 4. 



[B 35> C 336, R 427, C 492-] 



HAB. Southern United States, from South Carolina, Southern Illi- 

 nois, and California, southward to Chili and Buenos Ayres. 



