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Lower California (rarely) ; also in Texas, Oklahoma, and Florida south rarely 

 to Guatemala. Casual in Louisiana, Illinois, Michigan, and South Carolina. 

 [A closely allied race is found in South America.] 



Subfamily PERNINAE. Honey Buzzards and Swallow-tailed Kites. 



Genus ELANOI'DES Vieillot. 



J?Za?w!(?esViEiLLOT, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., nouv.ed., XXIV, 1818, 101. 

 Type, by monotypy,i^aZco/«rcai«s Linnaeus = F./o?-yicai(/s Linnaeus. 



Elanoides forficatus forficatus (Linnaeus). Swallow-tailed Kite. [327.] 



Falco forficatus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 89. Based on 

 The Swallow Tail Hawk, Accipiter cauda furcata Catesby, Carolina, I, 

 4. (in America =South Carolina.) 



Range. — Breeds locally from northern Minnesota, southern Wisconsin, 

 southern Indiana (formerly Ohio), North Carolina, and South Carolina to 

 Florida, Alabama, and eastern Mexico. Winters south of the United States. 

 Accidental or casual in New Mexico, Colorado, southern Saskatchewan, south- 

 ern Manitoba, Michigan, northern Wisconsin, Ontario, New Brunswick, Penn- 

 sylvania, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut; also in Eng- 

 land and the Greater Antilles. [An allied race is found in Central and South 

 America.] 



Subfamily MILVINAE. True Kites. 



Genus ICTINIA Vieillot. 



Idinia Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, 24. Type, by monotypy, Milvus 

 cenchris Vieillot = FaZco pliwibeus Gmelin. 



Ictinia misisippiensis (Wilson). Mississippi Kite. [329.] 



Falco misisippiensis Wilson, Amer. Om., Ill, 1811, 80 (pi. 25, fig. 1). 

 (Plantation of William Dunbar a few miles below Natchez [Mississippi].) 



Range. — Lower Austral Zone (chiefly); breeds from northeastern Kansas, 

 southern Illinois, southern Indiana, and South Carolina south to Texas and 

 Florida. Winters in Florida and southern Texas south rarely to Guatemala. 

 Casual in Iowa; accidental in Colorado, Nebraska, Wisconsin, New Jersey, 

 and Pennsylvania. 



Genus ROSTRHAMUS Lesson. 



Rostrhamus Lesson, Traite d'Orn., Livr. 1, Feb. 13, 1830, 55. Type, by 

 monotypy, Rostrhamus niger LiESSON = Her petotheres sociabilis Vieillot. 



