322 BULLETIN 5 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



BUTEO PLATYPTERUS RIVIEREI Verrill 



Dominican Broad-Winged Hawk 



Adult (sexes alike). — Similar to that of B. p. antillarum, but slightly 

 darker generally; the crown fuscous-black instead of fuscous, the 

 breast markings tawny without the ochraceous tinge found in antil- 

 larum. 



Juvenal (sexes alike). — None seen; apparently similar to that of 

 B. p. antillarum. 



Natal down. — Un described. 



Adult male. — Wing 245; tail 149; culmen from cere 19.3; tarsus 

 55.5; middle toe without claw 29.5 mm. (1 specimen). 



Adult female. — Wing 250; tail 145; culmen from cere 18; tarsus 

 54.5; middle toe witout claw 29 mm. (1 specimen). 



Range. — Resident on the islands of Dominica, Martinique, and 

 St. Lucia. 



Type locality. — Dominica. 



Buteo latissimus (not Falco latissimus Wilson) Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., i, 

 1874, 193, part.— CoRT, Auk, iv, 1887, 40 part (St. Lucia), 96 (Martinique); 

 Birds West Indies, 1889, 198, part (Lesser Antilles, part, St. Lucia); Cat. 

 West Indian Birds, 1892, 99, part (Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia). — 

 RiDGWAY, Man. North Amer. Birds, 1887, 236; ed. 2, 1896, 237 part.— Verrill, 

 Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts and Sci., viii, 1892, 325 (Dominica; habits). — 

 Fisher, Hawks and Owls United States, 1893, 79, part. — American Orni- 

 thologists' LTnion, Check-list, ed. 2, 1895, 133, part. — Clark, West Indian 

 Bull., xi, 3, 1911, 182 (St. Lucia). 



Buteo pennsylvanicus (not Falco pennsylvanicus Wilson) Lawrence, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 65 (Dominica, res.). — Allen, Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, v, 

 1880, 169 (Santa Lucia). — Cory, List Birds West Indies, 1885, and rev. ed., 

 1886, 22, part (Antilles, part).— Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1889, 326 

 (Dominica), 395 (Santa Lucia), 



Buteo platypterus antillarum Riley, Auk, xxv, 1908, 271 part (syn.; crit.; range; 

 Martinique; St. Lucia). — Burns, Wils. Bull, xxiii, 1911, 196, part (Mar- 

 tinique; St. Lucia). — SwANN, Synop. Accip., ed. 2, 1922, 82, part (Dominica, 

 Saint Lucia; footnote, crit.); Monogr. Birds Prey, i, 1928, 405 part (St, 

 Lucia; Dominica). 



Buteo (latissimus) rivierei Verrill, Descr. Three New species of birds from 

 Dominica, B. W. I., no date ( = Oct. 24, 1905), not paged (Dominica). 



Buteo platypterus rivierei Burns, Wils. Bull., xxiii, 1911, 196 (Dominica). 



Buteo platypterus rivieri Riley, Auk, xxv, 1908, 272 (synonymy; range; crit.). — 

 SwANN, Synopt. List Accip., pt. 2, 1919, 50; Synop. Accip., ed. 2, 1922, 82, 

 part, footnote (crit.).— Peters, Check-list Birds of World, i, 1931, 237. — 

 Bond, Birds West Indies, 1936, 67, in text and footnote (Dominica, Marti- 

 nique, and St. Lucia), 414; Not. Nat., No. 13, 1939, 1, in text; Check List 

 Birds West Indies, 1940, 23 (West Indies: Dominica; INIartinique; St. Lucia; 

 fairly common); ed. 2, 1945, 24; Auk, Iviii, 1941, 366 (Dominica; British 

 West Indies; eggs). 



(?) Buteo platypterus rivieri Verrill, Add. to Avif. Dom.inica, 1905 (Dominica, 

 Lesser Antilles). 



