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pure black spots on side. Female. Rufous more vinaceous than in pre- 

 ceding; markings beneath deeper brown Tar. australit.* 



b. Head above, and wings, dark bluish plumbeous ; several outer tail-feathers 



variegated. 



lc. Vertex without rufous. Male. Anterior portions beneath, deep, soft 

 ochraceous ; black spots very sparse ; v black zone of tail one inch wide; 

 black bars above confined to larger scapulars. Female. Black bars 

 above broader, and purer black, than in either of preceding, upon a 

 more ferruginous ground var. isabellinutA 



l<i. Vertex with, a rufous patch. Male. Black spots beneath numerous, 

 large, circular ; black bars above covering whole rufous surface. Tail 

 with indications or more or less complete narrow black bands nearly 

 to the base. Female. Similar to that of preceding, but markings be- 

 neath more numerous, and pure black instead of brownish. 



var. dominicensis.'l 



c. Head above dark slaty plumbeous ; outer tail-feather unvariegated. 



l e ? (possibly 2). No rufous on vertex. Male. Tail continuous rufous to its 

 extreme tip ; crossed with a broken black zone narrower than the terminal 

 rufous; outer feathers without black var. ? cinnamominus.% 



B. Whole lower parts and under surface of icings continuous immaculate, white; in- 



ner webs of primaries with merely serrations of dusky along the shaft. 

 A very sharply defined, broad, superciliary stripe of white. 

 2. Male resembling sparverius, except as above mentioned ; " moustache" 

 obsolete. Female differing from that of sparverius as does the male. 



leucophrys.\\ 



C. Whole lower parts deep dark rufous; inner webs of primaries slaty, with 



transverse dusky cloudings. 

 3 Male. Whole upper surface plumbeous ; tail deep chestnut, with a 

 broad black subterminal, and narrower slate-colored terminal bar. 

 Female. The upper plumage considerably resembling that of the fore- 

 going species, the lower parts, however, deep rusty rufous. 



sparveroides.^ 



Onychotes gruberi, Ridgway. 

 Hab. California ? 

 Sp. Ch. Immature? (41,703 "California," F. Gruber.) ** Outstretched feet 



* Falco gracilis (not of Lesson !), Swains., An. Menag. p. 281 1838. JFbfco sparverius (not 

 of Linn ) Tsehudi, Faun. Per. An. p. 110. Tinn. sparv. (not of Vieill.l), Darw., Zool. Beag. 

 Pt ^ B^enTLninicensU (not F. darn, of Gmel. !), Spix, Av Bras. I 16. Tinn. d ; ,,n 

 Strickl Orn. Syn. 1, 100 (in part). Tinnunculus sparverius var. Austrahs, Ridgway. (* 

 Whole of Continental South Am. except the north Atlantic coast, where replaced by the 

 var isabellinus ; in Chili and western Brazil mixed with var. (?) cinnamominus.) 



+ Falco isabellinus, Swains. An. Menag. p. 281, 1853. Tinmmeulus dominicenHl (not of 

 nJ.fi i\ a*Jiri Orn Svn 1 100 ( in nart only). Tinnunculus sparverius var. isabellinus, Ridg- 

 ^ l S k lionl"St!cSSn o'f S. Am, Caribbean and Gulf coasts of Middle 

 Am and Gulf coast of U. S. through Texas and Louisiana to Florida.) 



^sranz rajs* %aw^&wiw(fts 



^n^AaTrtiZs var! aZinieensis, Ridgway. (Hab. Lesser Antilles, north to Porto 



*?^\iLZSZA Swains., An. Menag. p. 281, 1838 P-fornis cinnan Kaup Mo- 



J; , Y>~+ n,-v, iir,ii n /;} Tinnunculus cmnamnmeus. Gray, lien. B. tol. sp. u, 184-t. 

 L?st'rB C riSs p U 62^o P nat,C r onsp. Av. p. 27. Strickl., Orn. Syn. I, 100,1855. (Hal, 

 Chile at)d (western?) Brazil.) Puha and Havti ) 



|| Tinnunculus h^^f^^fjJSn ( gf 436, 18*7 .%, Lawrence, Ann. 



f F<dco sparva-onles V^gois Zool g^^ Tinnunculus dominical (not of 

 & 1 ?) ^ndtach P ;Rep l t n C P uba, L 2^5, 1865. hypotriorckis ferrugineus, Sauss., Rev. .t Mag. 

 Zool. 1859, p. 117, pi. 3. (Sab. Cuba-only?) 



** For generic characters, see page i4iJ. 



1870.] 



