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Family FALCONID^. 

 Genus Pandion Sav. 



Pandion Savigny, "Descr. de I'Egypt, Ois. p. 95, 1809." 



Pandion haliaetus carolinensis (Gmel.). 



Falco carolinensis "Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 263 (17SS)." 



Falco cayennensis "G.mel. Svst. Nat. I, p. 263 (1788)." 



Pandion carolinensis GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 19 (1S47). — Bryant, Pr. Bost. 

 Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 105 (1859) (Bahamas). — Brewer, ib. p. 306 

 (i860) (Cuba). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 204 (Jamaica). — 

 March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 152 (Jamaica). — Gundl. 

 Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 222 (1865) ; ib. J. f. O. 1871, p. 364 

 (Cuba) ; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 158 (1878) (Porto 

 Rico) ; ib. J. f. O. 1878, p. 158 (Porto Rico). 



Pandion haliaetus Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 12 (1850). — Lawr. Pr. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. I, p. 65 (1878) (Dominica) ; ib. p. 194 (St. Vincent) ; ib. 

 p. 236 (Antigua) ; ib. p. 273 (Grenada). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 

 131 (18S1). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. no (1881). — 

 Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 125 (1885). — Wells, List 

 Bds. Grenada, p. 6 (1S86). 



Pandion haliaetus carolinensis CoRY, List Bds. \V. I. p. 22 (1885). 



Pandion ridgwayi Maynard, .-Ym. Ex. & Mart. Jan. 15, 1887. 

 Common throughout the Bahamas and Antilles. 



Genus Circus Lacep. 



Circus Lacepede, Mem. de 1' Inst. Ill, p. 506, 1801. 



Circus hudsonius (Linn.). 



Falco hudsonius Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 128 (1766). 



Circus cyaneus D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 19 (1840) 



Circus hudsonicus Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist VII, p. 306 (i860) 

 (Cuba).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 22 (1885). 



Circus hudso?tius Gv^m^. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p, 224 (1865). — Bry- 

 ant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 65 (1867) (Bahamas). — Gundl. 

 J. f. O. 187 1, p. 369 (Cuba). 



Circus cyaneus var. hudsonius Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 128 (1880). 

 Cuba and Bahamas. 



Genus Rupornis Kaup. 

 Rupornis Kaup, Classif. Saug. u. Vog. 1844. 



Rupornis ridgwayi Cory. 



Rupornis ridgivayi CoRY, Journ. Bost. Zool. Soc. II, p. 46 (1S83) ; ib. 

 Auk, I. p. 4 (1884) ; '■*• Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 121 (1885) ; 

 i^.. List Bds. W. I. p. 22 (1885). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Above slaty brown; shafts of the feathers of the head 

 and upper back dark brown ; underparts slaty, faintly touched with 



