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Buteo jamaicensis krideri van Tyne, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, No. 

 379, 1938, 9, in text (Michigan; intermediate toward borealis). — HoussE, 

 El Hornero, viii, 1941, 47, in text (breeding range on map). — Green, Griffin, 

 Odum, Stoddard, and Tomkins, Birds Georgia, 1945, 34 (Georgia; 3 rec- 

 ords). — Haecker, Moser, and Swenk, Nebraska Bird Rev., xiii, 1945, 9 



BUTEO JAM.4ICENSIS UMBRINUS Bangs 



Florida Red-tailed Hawk 



Adult (sexes alike) . — Like that of B.j. borealis, hut 'with, the rectrices 

 usually with several incomplete dark bands along the shaft. 



Juvenal (sexes alike). — Indistinguishable from that of B.j. borealis. 



Natal down. — Like that of B. j. borealis. 



Adult male.— Wing 398-400 (398.8); tail 222.5-227 (224.9); culmen 

 from cere 26.5-28.5 (27.5) ; tarsus 90-95.5 (92.9) ; middle toe without 

 claw 41.5-49 (46.8 mm.) (4 specimens from Florida). 



Adult female.— Wing 373-432 (409.7); tail 218.5-242 (233.4); 

 culmen from cere 28-33 (30.4); tarsus 85-91.5 (89.2); middle toe 

 without claw 45-52 (49 mm.) (6 specimens from Florida) . 



Range. — Resident in peninsular Florida north at least to Tampa 

 Bay and the Kissimmee Prairie, possibly to San Mateo and Cedar 

 Keys; also the Bahamas (Abaco; Andros; New Providence; Inagua, 

 and, probably, Grand Bahama)^" where apparently very rare. Acci- 

 dental in eastern North Carolina (Rocky Mount). 



Type locality. — Myakka, Manatee County, Fla. 



Buteo borealis Cory, Birds Bahama Islands, 1880, 131 (New Providence; Inagua); 

 List Birds West Indies, 1885, 22, part (Bahamas); rev. ed., 1886, 22, part 

 (Bahamas); Auk, iv, 1887, 39, part (Bahamas); Birds West Indies, 1889, 

 197, part (Bahamas) ; Auk, viii, 1891, 350 (Abaco Island, Bahamas, June) ; 

 Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, 99, part (Bahamas).— Scott, Auk, ix, 1892, 

 212 (Caloosahatchie River, Fla., breeding). 



Buteo borealis umbrinus Bangs, Proc. New England Zool. Club, ii, 1901, 68 

 (Myakka, Manatee County, Fla.; coll. E. A. and O. Bangs). — Bonhote, 

 Ibis, 1902, 296 (Little Abaco Island, Bahamas; crit.; habits; descr. nests 

 and eggs). — Peters, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Ixi, 1917, 400, part (meas.). — 

 Oberholser, Auk, xxxv, 1918, 207, part. — Swann, Synopt. List Accip., 

 pt. 2, 1919, 48 part; Synop. Accip., ed. 2, 1922, 79, part; Monogr. 

 Birds Prey, i, 1926, 396, part (monogr.). — Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 

 Ixx, 1930, 188 (type in Mus. Comp. Zool.). — American Ornithologists' 

 Union, Check-list, ed. 4, 1931, 66 (distr.).— DuMont, Auk, xlviii, 1931, 250 

 (e. of Ozona, Fla.).— Howell, Florida Bird Life, 1932, 175 (genl.; Florida).— 

 Taverner, Aux, liii, 1936, 360, in text (crit.).— Bent, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 

 167, 1937, 178 (life hist.).— Murphey, Contr. Charleston Mus., ix, 1937, 12 

 (Savannah Valley, Ga. ; spec). — Brimley, Auk, Iviii, 1941, 106, in text 

 (Nashville, N. C). — Pearson, Brimley, and Brimley, Birds North Caro- 

 lina, 1942, 94 (North Carolina; 1 rec.).— Hill, Aux, Ixi, 1944, 230, 231 (meas.). 



20 There is still some doubt as to the subspecific identity of the Bahama birds, 

 but it seems that they belong here. Only one Bahaman specimen has been 

 examined (from Abaco). 



