338 APPENDIX. 



The typical form of the Red-shouldered Buzzard inhabits 

 eastern North America from Manitoba and Quebec to the 

 Gulf States. 



Buteo sancti-johannis. American Eough-legged 



Buzzard. 



Falco S.-jOhanniS Gmdin, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 1, 1788, p. 273 : 

 Hudson Straits and Newfoundland. 



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

 i. 1874, p. 197; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 95; 

 Saunders, 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 southern half of its range. 



Elanoides forficatus. Swallow-tailed Kite. 



ralco forficatus Linnwus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 89: 



Carolina. 



Elanoides furcatus (Linn.) ; STiarpe, Gat. Birds B. M. i. 1874, 

 p. 317; B. 0. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 100; Saunders, 

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



Several examples of this species have been recordedj but 

 the evidence is unsatisfactory : — Argyllshire, 1772 ; n.ear 

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

 on the Mersey, June 1843 ; CumberJaud, 1853. 

 . The Swallow-tailed Kite breeds from Minnesota and South 

 Carolina southwards to Paraguay, and winters south of the 

 United States. 



