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land south to Texas and the eastern Gulf States (except Florida); winters 

 from Kansas, Indiana, Ohio, and Massachusetts south through eastern Mexico 

 to Costa Rica. 



h. Faico sparverius phalaena (Lesson). Desert Sparrow Hawk. [360a.] 



Tinnuncuhis pJudcBJia Lesson, ificho du Monde Savant, 12'' ann., June 19, 

 1845, 1086. (San Bias and Acapulco, Mexico.) 



Range. — Western North America. Breeds from central British Columbia 

 and southwestern Saskatchewan south to southern California, New Mexico, 

 western Texas, and Durango east to Wyoming and western Nebraska; winters 

 from British Columbia and Colorado south to Guatemala. 



c. Falco sparverius peninsulfiris Mearns. San Lucas Sparrow Hawk. [3606.] 



Falco sparverius peninsvlaris Mearns, Auk, IX, July, 1892, 267. (San 

 Jos6, Lower California.) 



Range. — Southern Lower California. 



d. Falco sparverius paiilus (Howe & King). Little Sparrow Hawk. [360c.] 



Cerchneis sparverius paulus Howe & King, Contrib. N. A. Om., I, May 

 21, 1902, 28. (Miami, Florida.) 



Range. — Florida Peninsula. 



[Falco sparveroides Vigors. Cuban Sparrow Hawk. [361.] 

 Fdko sparveroides Vigors, Zool. Journ., Ill, 1827, 426. (Cuba.) 



Range. — Cuba; casual in Florida.] 



Subfamily POLYBORINiE. Cabacaras. 

 Genus POLYBORUS Vieillot. 



Polyborus Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, 22. Type, by monotypy, "Caracara, 

 Buff." = Falco tkarus Molina. 



Polyborus cheriway (Jacquin). Audubon's Caracara. [362.] 



Fdko {cheriway) Jacq0in, Beytr. Gesch. Vdgel, 1784, 17, pi. 4. (Aruba 

 Island, and coast of Venezuela.) 



Range. — Northern Lower California, Arizona, Texas, and Florida 

 south to Guiana and Ecuador; accidental in Ontario. 



