40 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I3I 



Neophrontops vetustus Wetmore 



Ncophrontops vetustus Wetmore, Condor, vol. 45, No. 6, Dec. 8, 1943, p. 229, 

 fig. 62. 



Middle Miocene (Sheep Creek beds) : Stonehouse Draw Quarry, 

 Sioux County, Nebraska. 



Subfamily ELANINAE: White-tailed Kites 



Genus ELANUS Savigny 



Elanus Savigny, Descr. figypte, vol. i, 1809, pp. 69, 97. Type, by monotypy, 

 Elami-s caesius Savigny ;= Falco caeruleus Desfontaines. 



Elanus leucurus (Vieillot) : White-tailed Kite 



Milvus leucunis Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., vol. 20, May 181 8, 



p. 563 [errore=:S56]. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: San Josecito Cave, 

 Aramberri, Nuevo Leon. Late Pleistocene : Rancho La Brea, Los 

 Angeles, California. 



Subfamily MILVINAE: True Kites 



Genus PROICTINIA Shufeldt 



Proictinia Shufeldt, Bull. Anicr. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 32, art. 16, Aug. 4, 

 1913, P- 301. Type, by monotypy, Proictinia gilmorei Shufeldt. 



Proictinia effera Wetmore 



Proictinia effera Wetmore, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist, vol. 48, art. 12, 

 Dec. 3, 1923, p. 504, figs. 19-20. 



Lower Miocene (Lower Harrison beds) : Agate Fossil Quarry, 

 Sioux County, Nebraska. 



Proictinia gilmorei Shufeldt 



Proictinia gilmorei Shufeldt, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 32, art. 16, 

 Aug. 4, 1913. P- 301, pi. 55, fig. 27. 



Lower Pliocene (Ogallala formation) : Long Island, Phillips 

 County, Kansas. 



Subfamily ACCIPITRINAE: Bird Hawks 



Genus ACCIPITER Brisson 



Accipiter Brisson, Orn., 1760, vol. i, p. 28; vol. 6, p. 310. Type, by tautonymy, 

 Accipiter Brisson = Fa/co nisus Linnaeus. 



