ORDER RAPTORES. 185 



GENUS ICTINIA VIEILLOT. 

 Ictinia VIEILL. Analyse, 1 8 1 6, 24. Type, Falco mississippiensis WILS. 



329. Ictinia mississippiensis (WILS.). 



Mississippi Kite. 



Falco mississippiensis WILS. Am. Orn. III. 1811, 80, pi. 25, fig. I. 

 Ictinia mississippiensis GRAY, Gen. B. I. 1845, 26. 



[B 36, C 335, R 428, C 491-] 



HAB. Southern United States, southward from South Carolina on 

 the coast, and Wisconsin and Iowa in the interior, to Mexico. 



GENUS ROSTRHAMUS LESSON. 

 Rostrhamus LESS. Traite, 1831, 55. Type, Falco hamalus ILLIG. 



330. Rostrhamus sociabilis (VIEILL.). 



Everglade Kite. 



Herpetotheres sociabilis VIEILL. Nouv. Diet. XVIII. 1818, 318. 

 Rostrhamus sociabilis D'ORB. Voy. Ois. II. 1847, 73. 



[B 37> C 334, R 4 2 9> C 490.] 



HAB. Florida, Cuba, Eastern Mexico, Central America, and East- 

 ern South America, to the Argentine Republic. 



GENUS CIRCUS LACEPEDE. 



Circus LACEP. Mem. de 1'Inst. III. 1801, 506. Type, Falco cyaneus 

 LINN. 



331. Circus hudsonius (LINN.). 



Marsh Hawk. 



Falco hudsonius LINN. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 128. 

 CircTts hudsonius VIEILL. Ois. Am. Sept. I. 1807, pi. 9. 



[B 38, C 333, R 430, C 489.] 

 HAB. North America in general, south to Panama. 



