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LIST OF SPECIES. 
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2G. Buteo (Poecilopternis) elegans, Cassin. Western North America. 28 
27. Buteo (Poecilopternis) pennsylvanicus, (Wilson,) Bonap. Broad-winged Hawk. East¬ 
ern North America. 29 
28. Buteo (Poecilopternis) oxypterus, Cassin. New Mexico. 30 
29. Buteo (TachytriorcMs) cooperi, Cassin. California. 31 
30. Archibuteolagopus, (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 furcatus, (Linn.) Vigors. Swallow-tailed Hawk. Eastern United States 
to the Mississippi, northward to Pennsylvania and Wisconsin; ac¬ 
cidental in Europe. 3G 
35. Planus leucurus , (Vieillot,) Bonap. White-tailed Hawk. Southern and Western 
States and South America . 37 
36. Ictinia mississippiensis, (Wilson,) Gray. Mississippi Kite. Southern States, Texas, 
and New Mexico. 37 
37. Rostrhamus sociabilis, (Vieillot,) D’Orbigny. Black Kite. Florida and southward• 38 
38. Circus hudsonius, (Linn.) Vieillot. 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 pelagians, (Pallas,) Siebold. Northern Sea Eagle. Russian American 
Islands ; Japan. 42 
41. Haliaetus washingtonii, (And.) Jard. Washington Eagle. Kentucky. 42 
42. Haliaetus albicilla, (Linn.) Cuv. Gray Sea Eagle. Greenland; Europe. 43 
43. Haliaetus leucocephcdus, (Linn.) Savigny. Bald Eagle. All of temperate North 
America. Accidental in Europe. 43 
44. Pandion carolinensis, (Gmelin,) Bon. Fish Hawk. Throughout temperate North 
America. 44 
45. Polyborus tharus, (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 Amer¬ 
ica. Runs into varieties, atlanticus, padjicus, arcticus, magellanicus 49 
49. Scops asio, (Linn.) Bonap. Mottled Owl. The whole of temperate America, Green¬ 
land . 51 
50. Scops ml ccallii, Cassin. Western Mottled Owl. Western and southwestern North 
America.. 52 
51. Otus wilsonianus, Lesson. Long-Eared Owl. The whole of temperate North America 53 
52. Brachyotus cassinii, Brewer. Short-Eared Owl. The whole of temperate North 
America; Greenland; Cuba. 54 
