BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA 



95 



aa. Tail without a very broad ashy white median band, but with three narrower 

 ashy bands (one basal) and tipped with the same_ _ L. cayanensis (p. 95) 



Upperparts dark grayish adults 



Upperparts dark brownish 



c. Underparts with dark brown streaks juvenal (dark phase) 



cc. Underparts pure white, not streaked juvenal (light phase) 



b. 

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Figure 8. — Leptodon cayanensis. 

 LEPTODON CAYANENSIS (Latham) 



Cayenne Kite 



Adult (sexes alike) .—Forehead, crown, occiput, nape, cheeks, 

 auriculars, and sides of neck varying from gull gray to slate-gray, 

 becoming darker on the occiput and paling to light gull gray to dark 

 gull gray on the sides of the neck, cheeks, and auriculars; back, rump, 

 upper wing coverts, upper tail coverts, scapulars, interscapulars, and 

 remiges dark plumbeous to blackish plumbeous, darkening to plum- 



