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26. Buteo (Poecilopternis) elegans, Cassin. Western North America 
27. Buteo (Poecilopternis ) pennsylvanicus, (Wilson,) Bonap. Broad-winged Hawk. Eastern 
North America 29 
28. Buteo (Poecilopternis) oxypterus , Cassin. New Mexico 30 
29. Buteo (Tacky triorchis) cooperi, Cassin. California 31 
30. Archibuteo lagopus, (Brunnich,) Gray. Rough-legged Hawk. All of temperate North 
America and Europe 32 
31. Archibuteo sancti-johannis (Gmelin,) Gray. Black Hawk. Eastern and Northern North 
America * 33 
32. Archibuteo ferrugineus , (Licht.) Gray. California Squirrel Hawk. Western North 
America 34 
33. Asturina nitida , (Lath.) Bonap. Northern Mexico and South America 35 
34. Nauclerus ,/urcatus, (Linn.) Yigors. Swallow-tailed Hawk. Eastern United States to 
the Mississippi, northward to Pennsylvania and Wisconsin; acci- 
dental in Europe 36 
35. Elanusleucurus, (Vieillot,) Bonap. White-tailed Hawk. Southern and Western States 
and South America 37 
36. Idiniamississippiensis, (Wilson,) Gray. Mississippi Kite. Southern States, Texas, and 
New Mexico 37 
37. Bostrhamus sociabilis, (Yieillot,) D’Orbigny. Black Kite. Florida and southward- •• 38 
38. Circus hudsonius, (Linn.) Yieillot. Marsh Hawk. All of North America and Cuba- • • 38 
39. Aquila canadensis , (Linn.) Cassin. Golden Eagle; Ring-tailed Eagle. All of North 
America 41 
40. Haliaetus pelagicus, (Pallas,) Siebold. Northern Sea Eagle. Russian American Islands ; 
Japan. 42 
41. Haliaetus washingtonii, ( Aud.) Jard. Washington Eagle. Kentucky 42 
42. Haliaetus albicilla, (Linn.) Cuv. Gray Sea Eagle. Greenland; Europe 43 
43. Haliaetus leucoceplialus, (Linn.) Savigny. Bald Eagle. All of temperate North America. 
Accidental in Europe * 43 
44. Pandion carolinensis, ( Gmelin,) Bon. Fish Hawk. Throughout temperate North Ame- 
rica 44 
45. Polyborustharus, (Molina,) Cassin. Caracara Eagle. Southern North America, Florida, 
Texas, Mexico • — 45 
46. Craxirex unicindus , (Temm.) Cassin. Harris’ Buzzard. Southern States, Mexico, 
South America 46 
47. Strix pratincola, Bonap. Barn Owl. Throughout temperate North America 47 
48. Bubo virginianus , (Gmelin,) Bon. Great Horned Owl. The whole of North America. 
Runs into varieties, atlanticus , pacificus , ardicus, magellanicus - - • • • 49 
49. Scops asio, (Linn.) Bonap. Mottled Owl. The whole of temperate America, Greenland 51 
50. Scops m’ccallii , Cassin. Western Mottled Owl. Western and southwestern North 
America. 52 
51. Otus wdsonianuSy Lesson. Long-Eared Owl. The whole of temperate North America 53 
52. Brachyotus cassinii, Brewer. Short-Eared Owl. The whole of temperate North Ame- 
rica; Greenland; Cuba 54 
