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The typical form of the Red-shouldered Buzzard inhabits 

 eastern North America from Manitoba and Quebec to the 

 Gulf States. 



Buteo sancti-johannis. AMERICAN ROUGH-LEGGED 

 BUZZARD. 



Falco s.-johannis GWm, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 1, 1788, p. 273 : 

 Hudson Straits and Newfoundland. 



Archibuteo sancti-johannis (Gmel.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 i. 1874, p. i07 ; B. O. U. List, 1st eel. 1883, p. 95; 

 Saunderg, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 324. 



An example recorded from north Devonshire seems to 

 have been merely a dark variation of B. lagopus, from 

 which the present American form is hardly more than 

 subspecifically distinct. 



The American Rough-legged Buzzard is found through- 

 out North America north of Mexico, breeding in the 

 northern and wintering in the sotithern half of its range. 



Elanoides forficatllS. SWALLOW-TAILED KITE. 



Falco forficatus Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 89: 

 Carolina. 



Elanoides fui-catus (Linn.) Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. 1874, 

 p. 317; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 100; Saunderg, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 338. 



Several examples of this species have been recorded, but 

 the evidence is unsatisfactory : Argyllshire, 1772 ; near 

 Hawes, Yorkshire, Sept. 1805 ; Farnham, Surrey, 1833 ; 

 on the Mersey, June 1843 ; Cumberland, 1853. 



The Swallow-tailed Kite breeds from Minnesota and South 

 Carolina southwards to Paraguay, and winters south of the 

 United States. 



