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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 neigliboring windward district. 



Buteo antillarum sp. nov. 



ANTILLEAN CHICKEN HAWK. GKEE-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 plati/pteras 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. 

 plati/pterus. In the young the ground color below is bulTy white, becoming 

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

 brown as in B. plati/pterus. Cere yellow. Feet orange yellow. Bill dark 

 slaty. 



MEASUREMENTS. 



Wing 

 mm. 



Tail 

 mm. 



'I'arsus 

 mm. 



B. antillarum Type ^ St. Vincent 



248 

 244 



154 

 154 



00 



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♦The sex as marked on the specimens from Dominica appears to he questionable in 

 some instances. 



