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ventral spots smaller as a rule and somewhat more numerous; under 

 tail coverts and thighs only sparsely marked with dusky. 



Natal doion.- — Similar to that of B. I. lineatus. 



Adult male.— Wing 284-330 (300.9); tail 177.5-217.6 (188); culmen 

 from cere 18-25.5 (21); tarsus 70.1-81.6 (76.9); middle toe without 

 claw 33-40.8 (36 mm.).''^ 



Adult female.— Wing 281-340 (316.2); tail 179.1-214.5 (196.6); 

 culmen from cere 20-23.5 (22.7); tarsus 70.2-83 (78.9); middle toe 

 without claw 35-41.5 (37.7 mm.).''^ 



Range. — Resident from eastern Texas (west to about the vicinity of 

 San Antonio), eastern Oklahoma (Craig, Washington, Tulsa, Sequoyah, 

 and Cleveland Counties), and southwestern Arkansas (Texarkana); 

 through Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama to Florida (except the 

 extreme southern tip of the peninsula and the Florida Keys), Georgia, 

 and South Carolina, north at least to the vicinity of Charleston in the 

 east and to Newberry County in the western part of the State. 



One winter record from Jalisco, Mexico (La Barca). 



Type locality. — Tampa, Fla. 



Buteo linearis (not Falco lineatus Gmelin) Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., ii, 

 1871, 329, part (Volusia, Blue Springs, Enterprise, Hawkinsville, and Jackson- 

 ville, Fla.)— (?) Scott, Auk, vi, 1889, 247 (Tarpon Springs, Fla., breeding; 

 said, however, to be true B. h'neaiws) .—Allison, Auk, xxi, 1904, 477 (Baton 

 Rouge Parish, La.; resident). — Stockard, Auk, xxii, 1905, 152 (breeding 

 habits in Mississippi). 



(?) [Buteo lineatus] alpha lineatus Ridgway, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., xvi, 

 1873, 66, part (Savannah, Ga.). 



Buteo lineatus alleni Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vii, 1885, 514 (Tampa, Fla.; 

 coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.) ; Man. North Amer. Birds, 1887, 237; ed. 2, 1896, 235.— 

 American Ornithologists' Union, Check-list, 1886, No. 339 a; ed. 2, 

 1895, 131 ;ed. 3, 1910, 158; ed. 4, 1931, 67.— Scott, Auk, vi, 1888, 247 (Tarpon 

 Springs, Fla.). — Mortimer, Auk, vii, 1890, 339 (Orange County, Fla.; 

 habits). — Bend ire. Life Hist. North Amer. Birds, i, 1892, 224. — Beyek, 

 Proc. Louisiana Soc. Nat. for 1897-99 (1900), 99 (Louisiana, res., breeding).— 

 Williams, Auk, xxi, 1904, 454 (Leon County, Fla.). — Beyer, Allison, 

 and KoPMAN, Auk, xxv, 1908, 442 (Louisiana, common res.). — Wayne, 

 Birds South Carolina, 1910, 74 (res. breeding; habits; food; descr. nest and 

 eggs). — Wright and Harper, Auk, xxx, 1913, 495 (Okefenokee Swamp, 

 Ga.). — GoLSAN and Holt, Auk, xxxi, 1914, 221 (Alabama, res.; descr. nests). — 

 Swann, Synopt. List Accip., pt. 2, 1919, 49; Synop. Accip., ed. 2, 1922, 81; 

 Monogr. Birds Prey, i, 1928, 401 (monogr.). — Holt, Geol. Surv. Alabama, 

 Mus. Pap. No. 4, 1921, 50 (Alabama; common; breeds; food spec). — Howell, 

 Auk, xxxviii, 1921, 256 (Royal Palm Hammock, Fla.; common); Birds 

 Alabama, 1924, 136; ed. 2, 1928, 136 (distr.; habits, Alabama) .—Pearson, 

 Wils. BuU., xxxiv, 1922, 87 (Cumberland Island, Ga.).— Nice and Nice, 

 Birds Oklahoma, 1924, 42 (genl.; Oklahoma). — Bent, Wils. Bull., xxxvi, 



" Thirty specimens from Florida, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, and 

 Mexico. 

 ^* Fourteen specimens from Florida, Georgia, and Mexico. 

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