ORDER RAPTORES. 



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Genus POLYBORUS Vieillot. 

 Polyborus Vieill. Analyse, 18 16, 22. Type, Falco tharus Mol. 



362. Polyborus cheriway (Jacq.). 



Audubon's Caracara. 



Falco cheriway Jacq. Beitr. 1784, 17, tab. 4. 

 Polyborus cheriway Cab. in Schomb. Reise Brit. Guiana, III. 1848, 

 741. 



[B 45, C z^Z. R 423, C 535.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Florida, Texas, Arizona, and Lower California, 

 south to Ecuador and Guiana. Breeds throughout its United States 

 range and southward. 



363. Polyborus lutosus Ridgw. 



Guadalupe Caracara. 



Polyborus lutosus Ridgw. Bull. U. S. Geog. & Geol. Surv. Terr. 

 No. 6, 2d ser. Feb. 8, 1876, 459. 



[B— , C— , R424, C— .] 

 Geog. Dist. — Guadalupe Island, Lower California. 



Subfamily PANDIONIN-Sl. Ospreys. 



Genus PANDION Savigny. 



Pandion Savign. Descr. de I'Egypte, Ois. 1809, 95. Type, 

 Falco haliaetus Linn. 



364. Pandion haliaetus carolinensis (Gmel.). 



American Osprey. 



Falco carolinensis Gmel. S. N. I. i. 1788, 263. 

 Pandion haliaetus carolinensis Ridgw. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 

 Dec. 1870, 143. 



[B 44, C 360, R 425, C 530.] 

 Geog. Dist. — North America, from Hudson Bay and Alaska 

 south to the West Indies and northern South America. Breeds 

 throughout its North American range. 



