130 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Genus BUTEO Cuvier. 



Buteo Cuv. Le?. Anat. Comp. I. tabl. ii. Ois. 1779-1800. Type, 

 Falco buteo Linn. 



[336.] Buteo buteo (Linn.). 



European Buzzard. 



Falco buteo Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 90. 

 Buteo buteo Light. Nomencl. Mus. Berol. 1854, 3. 



[B- C-, R43S, C— .] 



Geog. Dist. — Europe and Western Asia. Accidental in North 

 America (Michigan ?). 



337. Buteo borealis (Gmel.). 

 Bed-tailed Hawk. 



Falco borealis Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 266. 



Buteo borealis Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. IV. 18 16, 478. 



[B23, C3S1, R436, Csi6.] 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern North America, west to the Great Plains, 

 north to about Lat. 60°, south to eastern Mexico. Breeds throughout 

 its range, except possibly the extreme southern portion. 



337 a. Buteo borealis kriderii Hoofes. 

 Krider's Ha-wk. 



Buteo borealis var. kriderii Hoopes, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 

 1873, 238, pi. 5. 



[B— , C 3Si<r, R 436a, C 519.] 



Geog. Dist. — Plains of the United States, from Wyoming and the 

 Dakotas to Minnesota, and south to Texas ; casual in Iowa and 

 Illinois. 



337^. Buteo borealis calurus (Cass.). 



Western Red-tail. 



Buteo calurus Cass. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. VII. 1855, 281. 

 Buteo borealis var. calurus Ridgw. Bull. Essex Inst. V. Nov. 

 1873, 186. 



