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donia, and Australia ; Nauclerus ( Elanoides) (1 sp.), Brazil to 

 Southern United States ; JKlanoides ( Nauclerus) (1 sp.), Wes- 

 tern and North-eastern Africa ; Milvus (6 sp.), the Old World 

 and Australia : Lophoictinia (1 sp.), Australia ; Rostrhamus (3 

 sp.), Antilles and Florida to Brazil and Peru; Leptodon (4 

 sp.), Central America to South Brazil and Bolivia ; Gypoictinia 

 (1 sp.), South arid West Australia ; Elanus (5 sp.), Africa, India, 

 and Malay Archipelago to Australia, South America to California ; 

 Gampsonyx (1 sp.), Trinidad to Brazil ; Henicopernis (1 sp.), 

 Papuan Islands ; Machcerhamphus (2 sp.), South-west Africa, 

 Madagascar, and Malacca ; Pernis (3 sp.), Palaearctic, Oriental, 

 and Ethiopian regions. 



Sub-family V. FALCONING (11 genera, 80 species), cosmopolitan. 

 Baza (10 sp.), India and Ceylon to the Moluccas and North 

 Australia, West Coast of Africa, Natal, and Madagascar ; Har- 

 pagus (3 sp.), Central America to Brazil and Peru ; Ictinia (2 sp.), 

 Brazil to Southern United States ; Hierax (=Microhierax, Sharpe), 

 (4 sp.), Eastern Himalayas to Borneo and Philippines ; Polio- 

 hierax (2 sp.), Ea,st Africa and Burmah ; Spiziapteryx (1 sp.), La 

 Plata ; Harpa (1 sp.), New Zealand and the Auckland Islands ; 

 Falco (27 sp.), cosmopolitan, except the Pacific Islands ; Hierofalco 

 (6 sp.), Nearctic and Palsearctic regions ; Hieracidea (2 sp.), 

 Australia ; Cerchneis (22 sp.), cosmopolitan, except Oceania. 



FAMILY 97. PANDIONHLE. (2 Genera, 3 Species.) 

 GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



2.3.4-1 1.2.3.4 1.2.3.4- 1.2.3.4 1.2.3.4 1.2.3.4 



The Pandionidae, or Fishing Hawks, are universally distributed, 

 with the exception of the Southern Temperate parts of South 

 America. The genera are : 



Pandion (1 sp.), the range of the entire family ; Polioaetus (2 

 sp.), India through Malay Archipelago to Celebes and Sandwich 

 Islands. 



