126 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
SUBORDER FALCONES. VuLTuRES, FALCONS, 
Hawks, BuzzArps, EAGLEs, KITES, 
HARRIERS, ETC. 
Famity FALCONIDZAS. Vuttures, Fatcons, Hawks, EAGLEs, 
RTC, 
SuspraAMILY ACCIPITRINZS. Kires, Buzzarps, HAawKs, GoSHAWKS, 
EAGLES, ETC. 
Genus ELANOIDES VIEILLot. 
Elanoides Vieitu. Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat. XXIV. 1818, ror. 
Type, Falco furcatus = F. forficatus LYNN. 
327. Elanoides forficatus (LInn.). 
Swallow-tailed Kite. 
Falco forficatus LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 89. 
Elanoides forficatus Cours, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1875, 345. 
[B 34, C 337, R 426, C 493.] 
Groc. Dist.— United States, especially in the interior, from the 
Carolinas and Minnesota southward, throughout Central and South 
America; westward to the Great Plains. Casual eastward to south- 
ern New England, and northward to Manitoba and Assiniboia. 
Breeding range irregularly coincident with general distribution in 
the United States. Accidental in England. 
Genus ELANUS Savieny. 
Elanus Savic. Descr. de l Egypte, 1809, 97. Type, &. cestus 
= Kalco melanopterus Daud. 
328. Elanus leucurus (VIEILL.). 
White-tailed Kite. 
Milvus leucurus ViELu. Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat. XX. 1818, 563 
(errore 556). 
Elanus leucurus Bonar. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 4. 
