126 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



SUBORDER FALCONES. VULTURES, FALCONS, 



HAWKS, BUZZARDS, EAGLES, KITES, 



HARRIERS, ETC. 



FAMILY FALCONID.2E. VULTURES, FALCONS, HAWKS, EAGLES, 



ETC. 



SUBFAMILY ACCIPITRIN2E. KITES, BUZZARDS, HAWKS, GOSHAWKS, 



EAGLES, ETC. 



GENUS ELANOIDES VIEILLOT. 



Elanoides VIEILL. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XXIV. 1818, 101. 

 Type, Falco furcatus = F.forficatus LINN. 



327. Elanoides forficatus (LINN.). 



Swallow-tailed Kite. 



Falco forficatus LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 89. 



Elanoides forficatus COUES, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1875, 345. 



[B 34, C 337, R 426, C 493.] 



GEOG. DIST. United States, especially in the interior, from the 

 Carolinas and Minnesota southward, throughout Central and South 

 America ; westward to the Great Plains. Casual eastward to south- 

 ern New England, and northward to Manitoba and Assiniboia. 

 Breeding range irregularly coincident with general distribution in 

 the United States. Accidental in England. 



GENUS ELANUS SAVIGNY. 



Elanus SAVIG. Descr. de 1'Egypte, 1809, 97. Type, E. casius 

 = Falco melanopterus DAUD. 



328. Elanus leucurus (VIEILL.). 



White-tailed Kite. 



Milvus leucurus VIEILL. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XX. 1818, 563 



(errore556). 

 Elanus leucurus BONAP. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 4. 



