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Clark Three New Birds from the West Indies. 



Distribution. Island of St. Vincent ; confined to the vicinity of Kings 

 town, and neighboring windward district. 



Buteo antillarum sp. nov. 



ANTILLEAN CHICKEN HAWK. GREE-GREE. 



Type. From Chateaubelair, St. Vincent (British West Indies), Sept. 24, 

 1903. No. 12,852, male adult, coll. E. A . and O. Bangs. 



Characters. Somewhat similar to Buteo platypterus Vieill., but smaller 

 and more rufous, the rufous edgings to the feathers above wider, the under- 

 parts more rufous, and the thighs buff, more thickly barred than in B. 

 platypterus. In the young the ground color below is buffy white, becoming 

 darker on the abdomen and thighs. Iris yellowish white in all stages, not 

 brown as in B. platypterus. Cere yellow. Feet orange yellow. Bill dark 

 slaty. 



MEASUREMENTS. 



Wing Tail Tarsus 



mm. 



mm. 



B. antillarum Type tf St. Vincent 



B. platypterus 



9 



9 



c?* Dominica 



rf 



c? 



9 



9 



c? Panama (winter) 



248 

 244 

 240 

 272 

 256 

 254 

 253 

 258 

 252 

 244 

 251 

 252 

 278 

 270 

 264 

 275 



154 

 154 

 152 

 165 

 163 

 151 

 154 

 154 

 159 

 156 

 156 

 165 

 171 

 158 

 160 

 170 



mm. 



55 

 54 

 53 

 55 

 53 

 55 

 54 

 62 

 59 

 59 

 60 

 60 

 60 

 61 

 63 

 61 



* The sex as marked on the specimens from Dominica appears to be questionable in 

 some instances. 



