NOTES' ON GUArrEMu\LAN BIRDS — WETMORE 533 



The specimen, a female with the wing measuring 345 mm., has the 

 gray bars of the under surface rather broad and dark in color, agree- 

 ing with the diagnosis of the subspecies micrust. The second light 

 tail bar is quite definite, the character being one in which there is 

 much variation. I agree with van Eossem^ that there are no char- 

 acters for maintaining Asturina as a genus apart from Buteo. 



CIRCUS CYANEUS HUDSONIUS (Linnaeus) : Marsh Hawk 



Falco hudsonins Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 128 (Hudson 

 Bay). 



On December 3 one circled over open fields near Zacapa. 

 Family PANDIONIDAE 



PANDION HALIAETUS CAROLINENSIS (Gmelin) : Osprey 



Falco Ilaliactos y carolinensis Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 1, 1788, p. 263 

 (South Carolina). 



One was circling over the harbor at Puerto Barrios with a fish in 

 its talons on December 2. I could see the head markings clearly, 

 making sure that it was the race carolinensis. 



Family FALCONIDAE 



POLYBORUS CHERIWAY AUDUBONII Cassin 



Polyborus Auduhonii Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 17, 1865, p. 2 

 (Florida). 



On December 3 I saw one near Zacapa. 



FALCO SPARVERIUS SPARVERIUS Linnaeus: Eastern Sparrow Hawk 



Falco sparverius Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 90 (Soutli 

 Carolina). 



The three specimens taken are migrant birds from the north, a.s 

 shown by their size. These include a male from San Antonio de 

 Aguas Calientes, 2 miles southwest of Antigua, October 29 (wing 

 184 mm.), a female from Dueiias, November 8 (wing 192 mm.), and 

 a male from 9,500 feet elevation at Sierra Santa Elena, November 21 

 (wing 183 mm.). The birds were common through the plateau 

 country and were seen on many occasions. On November 2 I found a 

 number along the Barranca Honda, where they rested on projecting 

 points on the high earthen cliffs. There were a few at Sierra Santa 

 Elena in openings in the forest, and on November 24 I saw several 

 above 10,000 feet elevation in the open parks at Desconsuelo. 



1 Bull. Mus. Comp. ZoOl., vol. 77, 19.34, p. 429. 



