ORDER RAPTORES. I 27 



[^35' C 336, R 427, C492.] 

 Geog. 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 Vieillot. 

 Idinia Vieill. Analyse, 18 16, 24. Type, Falco mississippiensis 



WiLS. 



329. Ictinia mississippiensis (Wils.). 



Mississippi Kite. 



Falco mississippiensis Wils. Am. Orn. III. 181 1, 80, pi. 25, fig. i. 

 Ictinia mississippiensis Gray, Gen. B. I. 1845, 26. 

 [B36, C 335, R 428, C49I-] 

 Geog. 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. Traite, 1831, 55. Type, Falco hamatus Illig. 



330. Rostrhamus sociabilis (Vieill.). 



Everglade Kite. 



Herpetotheres sociabilis Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XVIII. 



1817,318. 

 Rostrhamus sociabilis D'Orb. Voy. Ois. II. 1847, 73- 

 [B 37. C 334, R 429. C 490.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Florida, Cuba, eastern Mexico, Central America, 

 and eastern South America, to the Argentine Republic. 



Genus CIRCUS Lacep^de. 



Circus La CEP. Mem. de I'lnst. III. 1801, 506. Type, Falco 

 cyafteus Linn. 



