Note 73 — Family FALCONIDÆ.—The Falcons. (continued 3)
Reading edition
Elanus cæruleus, var. cæruleus (Desfontaines). Falco cæruleus, Desfont. Mém. Ac. Sc. 1787, 503, pl. xv. Elanus cæruleus, Strickl. Orn. Syn. I, 1855, 137. Falco melanopterus, Daud. Tr. Orn. II, 1800, 152. Elanus melanopterus, Leach, Zoöl. Misc. pl. cxxii.—Gould, B. Eur. pl. xxxi.—Gray, Hand List, I, 28, No. 258. Falco clamosus, Shaw, Zoöl. VII, 200. Elanus cæsius, Savig. Descr. Egyp. pt. i, p. 98. Elanoides cæsius, Vieill. Enc. Méth. III, 1206.
Specimens examined.—Nat. Mus., 2 (Southern Europe).