NO, 5 CHECK-LIST OF FOSSIL BIRDS — WETMORE 4I 



Accipiter gentilis (Linnaeus) : Goshawk 



Falco gentilis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat, ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 89. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene: Carpinteria, Santa 

 Barbara County, and Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California. 



Accipiter striatus velox (Wilson) : Sharp-shinned Hawk 

 Falco velox Wilson, Amer. Orn., vol. s, 1812, p. 116, pi. 45, fig. i. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene : Samwel Cave, Shasta 

 County, Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, and Rancho La Brea, 

 Los Angeles, California. 



Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte) : Cooper's Hawk 



Falco Cooperii Bonaparte, Amer. Orn., vol. 2, 1828, p. i, pi. 10, fig. i. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene : McKittrick, Kern 

 County, Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, and Rancho La Brea, 

 Los Angeles, California. 



Subfamily BUTEONINAE: Buzzards and Eagles 



Genus BUTEO Lac^pMe 



Butco Lacepede, Tabl. Ois., 1799, p. 4. Type, by tautonymy, Falco bnlco Lin- 

 naeus. 



Buteo jamaicensis (Gmelin) : Red-tailed Hawk 



Falco jamaicensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. i, pt. i, 1788, p. 266. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene: Potter Creek Cave, 

 Shasta County, McKittrick, Carpinteria, and Rancho La Brea, Los 

 Angeles, California. Pleistocene: Seminole Field, Pinellas County, 

 Venice, and Melbourne (stratum 2), Florida. 



Buteo lineatus (Gmelin) : Red-shouldered Hawk 



Falco lineatus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. i, pt. i, 1788, p. 268. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Seminole Field, Pinellas 

 County, Venice, and Melbourne, Florida. Late Pleistocene : Carpin- 

 teria, Santa Barbara County, California. 



Buteo platypterus (Vieillot) : Broad-winged Hawk 



Sparvius platypterus Vieillot, Tabl. Encycl. Meth. Orn., vol. 3, 1823, p. 1273. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene : Seminole Field, Pinellas 

 County, Florida. 



