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Rostrhamus soci4bilis (Vieillot). Everglade Kite. [330.] 



Herpetotheres sodabilis Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XVIII, 1817. 

 318. (South America, Lat. 27°-30° S., in district of Corrientes, and 

 on the Rio de la Plata.) 



Range. — Tropical Florida, Cuba, eastern Mexico, Central America, 

 and eastern South America to Argentina; migratory in northern 

 Florida. 



Genus CIRCUS LAc£pi;DE. 



Circus Lacbpede, Tableaux Ois., 1799, 4. Type, by subs, desig., Falco 

 asruginosus Linnaeus (Lesson, 1828). 



Circus budsonius (Linn^us). Marsh Hawk. [331.] 



Falco hudsonius LinnvBTJS, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, I, 1766, 128. (Hudson 

 Bay.) 



Range. — North America. Breeds from northeastern Siberia, 

 northwestern Alaska, northwestern Mackenzie, central Keewatin, 

 northern Quebec, and Prince Edward Island south to the southern 

 border of the United States; winters from southern British Columbia, 

 Colorado, Iowa, the Ohio Valley, and New York (occasionally Massa- 

 chusetts) south to the Bahamas, Cuba, and Colombia. 



Genus ACCIPITER Brisson. 



Accipiter Brisson, Orn., I, 1760, 310. Type, by tautonymy, [Accipiter] 

 accipiter Brisson = Falco nisus Linn^us. 



Accipiter vfelox (Wilson). Sharp-shinned Hawk. [332.] 



Fako velox Wilson, Amer. Orn., V, 1812, 116, pi. 45, fig. 1. (Banks of 

 Schuylkill River, near Philadelphia, Pa.) 



Range. — North America. Breeds nearly throughout the United 

 States and Canada from northwestern Alaska, northwestern Macken- 

 zie, southern Keewatin, central Quebec, and Newfoundland south- 

 ward; winters from British Columbia, Colorado, Iowa, northern 

 Ohio, and Massachusetts south to Panama. 



