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BUTEO JAMAICENSIS JAMAICENSIS (Gmelin) 



Jamaican Red-tailed Hawk 



Adult (sexes alike). — Similar to that of B. j. alascensis, but with 

 abdomen heavily marked with fuscous or fuscous-black, not with 

 reddish brown, and with the rectrices unbarred except for a single 

 subterminal band. 



Juvenal (sexes alike). — Similar to tiiat of B. j. alascensis, but with 

 the pale interspaces of the rectrices paler, verj?^ distinctly lighter than 

 the dark bars and with a slight rufous wash. 



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



Adult male.—Wing 330-339 (335.2); tail 189-201.5 (194.7); culmen 

 from cere 25.5-27 (26); tarsus 80.5-86 (82.1); middle toe without claw 

 37.7-46 (43 mm.).^^ 



Adult female.—Wing 350-371 (365.8); tail 203.5-214 (209); culmen 

 from cere 27-29 (28); tarsus 81.5-86.5 (83.4); middle toe without claw 

 42-47 (45 mm.). 32 



Range. — Resident in Jamaica; Haiti; Santo Domingo; Puerto Rico; 

 Vieques; Culebra; St. Croix; St. Thomas; St. Jan; Jost van Dyke; 

 Tortola Island; Nevis; and possibly Montserrat; also islets off the 

 Haitian coast (Gonave, Petit Caycmite, lie a Vache, and Beata). The 

 birds of St. Kitts probably belong to this race also. Recorded 

 (probably erroneously) from Barbados. 



Type locality. — Jamaica (ex Latham). 



Falco jamaicensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. 1, 

 Cream-coloured Buzzard Latham, Sjniop. 



1788, 266 (Jamaica; based on 

 Birds, i, 1781, 49 = albinistic 



specimen) . — Latham, 

 1800, 157. 



Index Orn., i, 1790, 24. — Daudin, Traite d'Orn., ii, 



^1 Five specimens as follows: 



^2 Six specimens as follows: 



