BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA 63 



Family ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, Harriers, and Old 



World Vultures 



<Accipitrinae Ridgway, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1870, 139, 141; in 

 Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. North Amer. Birds, iii, 1874, 104, 106. 

 >< Accipitrinae Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., i, 1874, ix, 46 {Polyhoroides, 

 Circus, Micrastur, Geranospizias, Urotriorchis, Parabuteo, Melierax, Astur, 

 Accipiter, and Nisoides); Hand-list, i, 1899, xx, 244 (same genera). — 

 SwANN, Synopt. List. Accip., pt. 2, 1919, 10 (same genera). — Reichenow, 

 Die Vogel, i, 1913, 368 (includes Polyborinae; omits Ictinia). 



— Accipitrinae American Ornithologists' Union, Check-list, 1886, 184. — 

 RiDGWAT, Man. North Amer. Birds, 1887, 222, in text; Orn. Illinois, i, 

 1889, 426, 441. 



<Accipitridae Matnard, Birds Eastern North Amer., 1881 (Jan. 26, 1880 ^4), 

 302 (includes Astur and Accipiter only). 



== Accipitridae Oberholser, Auk, xxxvi, 1919, 569, text. — Wetmore and 

 Miller, Auk, xliii, 1926, 342. — Wetmore, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ixxvi, 

 art. 24, 1930, 3; Smiths. Misc. Coll., Ixxxix, No. 13, 1934, 5; xcix, No. 4, 

 1940, 32; No. 7, 5.— Peters, Check-list Birds World, i, 1931, 192. 



= Accipitriidae American Ornithologists' Union, Check-list, ed. 4, 1931,62. 



= Buteoninae Ridgway, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., xvi, 1873, 32; U. S. Geol. 

 and Geogr. Surv. Terr., ser. 2, Bull. No. 4, 1875, 4; No. 6, 1876, 451. 



<Buteoninae Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., i, 1874, x, 158 {" Urospizias" = 

 Erythrotriorchis, Heterospizias, Tachy trior chis, Geranoa'etus, Buieo, Archi- 

 buteo, Buteola, Asturina, Rupornis, Busarellus, Buteogallus, Uruhitinga, 

 Leucopternis, Harpy haliaet^is, Morphnus, and Thrasaetus); Hand-list, i, 

 1899, XX, 250 (same genera with Harpyopsis added). — Swann, Synopt. 

 List Accip., pt. 2, 1919, 39 (same with Megatriorchis added). 



<Buteonidae Maynard, Birds Eastern North Amer., 1881 (April 16, 1880), 

 308 (excludes Astur, Accipiter, "Milvidae," Haliaeetus, and Aquila). 



= Buteonidae Pycraft, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1902, 318. — Oberholser, 

 Outl. Classif. North Amer. Birds, 1902, 2. — Knowlton, Birds of the 

 World, 1909, 49, 226. — -American Ornithologists' Union, Check-list, ed. 

 3, 1910, 153. 



<Aquilidae Maynard, Birds Eastern North Amer., 1881 (Apr. 16, 1880), 318 

 (for Aquila only). 



= Craxireginae Poche, Zool. Anz., xxvii, 1904, 503. 

 XAquilinae Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., i, 1874, xi, 225 {Gypaetus, Uroaetus, 

 Aquila, Nisaetus, Lophoiriorchis, Neopus, Spiziastur, Spizaetus, Lophaetus, 

 Asturinula, Herpeiotheres! ; Dryotriorchis, Circattus, Spilornis, Butastur, 

 Helotarsus, Haliaeetus, Thalassaetus, Haliastur, Gypohierax, Elanoides, 

 Nauclerus, Milvus, Lophoictinia, Rostrhamus, Odontriorchis, Chondrohierax, 

 Gypoictinia, Elanus, Gampsonyx, Henicopernis, Machaerirhamphus and 

 Pernis); Hand-list, i, 1899, xxi, 260 (same genera with Gypactos omitted 

 and Pithceophaga, Entriorchis, Baza, Aviceda, and all true Falconidae 

 added!). — Swann, Synopt. List Accip., pt. 2, 1919, 63 (same genera except 

 Baza and Aviceda and Falconidae excluded). 



<Milviuae Swann, Synopt. List Accip., pt. 3, 1920, 94 {Elanoides, Nauclerus, 

 Milvus, Lophoictinia, Rostrhamus, Chrondrohierax, Odontriorchis, Gypoictinia, 

 Elanus, Gampsonyx, Ictinia, Harpagus, Baza, Aviceda, Henicopernis, Mach- 

 aerirhamphus, and Pernis). 



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