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[B35, C 336, R 427, C 492.] 
Geroc. Dist.— Southern United States, from South Carolina and 
southern [Illinois to Texas and California, southward to Chili 
and Argentine Republic; casual in Michigan. Breeds irregularly 
throughout its general distribution in the United States. 
Genus ICTINIA VIeEILuor. 
Lctinia VIEILL. Analyse, 1816, 24. Type, Falco mississippiensis 
WILs. 
329. Ictinia mississippiensis (WILS.). 
Mississippi Kite. 
Falco mississippiensis Wits. Am. Orn, III. 1811, 80, pl. 25, fig. 1. 
LIctinia mississippiensis GRAY, Gen. B. I. 1845, 26. 
[B26 Cac) Rig2s Cag. 
Geoc. Dist.— Southern United States, east of the Rocky Moun- 
tains; southward regularly from South Carolina on the coast, and 
casually from Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and [Iowa in the interior, to 
Guatemala. 
Genus ROSTRHAMUS Lesson. 
Rostrhamus Less. Traité, 1831, 55. Type, Falco hamatus ILLIc. 
350. Rostrhamus sociabilis (VI£ILL.). 
Everglade Kite. 
flerpetotheres sociabilis V1EILL. Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat. XVIII. 
1817, 318. 
Rostrhamus sociabilis D’ORB. Voy. Ois. II. 1847, 73. 
[B 37, C 334, R 429, C 490.] 
Geroc. Dist.— Florida, Cuba, eastern Mexico, Central America, 
and eastern South America, to the Argentine Republic. 
Genus CIRCUS LactpeEpe. 
Circus Lackp. Mem. de l’'Inst. III. 1801, 506. Type, Falco 
cyaneus LINN. 
