43 



aiul more 

 below, tail 



Smaller insular race : darker 

 rufous ; more heavily- marked 

 tinged rufous. 

 I'Mhx. Buteo buteo arrigonii Picehi. Avicula, vii.. Sardinia, 

 p. 40 (1!)03). [Sardinia.] Corsica. 



Sardinian J-Juzzard. 



Wing $ 16.50, (^ 15.50 in. ; large and dark 

 insular race : more similar to zinimermantue 

 than ty[)ical form ; darker than latter gener- 

 ally is and nearly uniform below, blackish- 

 brown to rufous -brown, the abdomen barred : 

 tail Avith 10 or 12 darker bars and with or 

 Avithout rufous tinge. 

 13()b. Buteo buteo harterti subsp. nov. [B. buteo Madeira, 

 subsp. ? Hart., Vog. Pal. Faun., ]).1128 

 (1914)]. [Type in Tring Mus.J 

 Madeira Buzzard. 



Wing c^ 13.40-14.10; J 14.7(1-15.25 in.; 

 rufous form, but tail generally light ashy, with 

 7-9 bars, the sub-terminal broad, more or less 

 tinged with rufous ; below with belly either 

 uniform dee[) lutous or barred and mottled 

 A\ith huffish -white. 

 136c. Buteo buteo rothschildi. subsp. nov.* [No. Azores. 

 1904, 12. 31. 286, Coll. B.M., ? Terceira. 

 Az. Apl. 6, 1903. W.Pv.O. Grant.] 

 Azores Buzzard. 



Wing? 15.40-15-70, ci^ (juv.) 13.80 in. ; rufous 

 form; chest and abdomen rufous brown : tail 

 brown, slightly tinged with rufous and ^ith 

 the darkar bars nearh' obsolete in very old 

 bird, about 5 being apparent ; younger birds 

 have about 10 distinct bars. » 

 136d. Buteo buteo insular um, Floericke. Mitteil. Canary 



Oesterr. Reichsb , iii., p. 64 (1903). [Gran Isles. 



Canaria.] 



Canary Isles Buzzard. 



Paler and less rufous than three preceding 

 forms; wing? 14.60; above ashy-brown, with 

 paler margins to the feathers ; tail with 9 

 darker bars : below throat white, streaked 

 with dusky-brown ; chest brown, mottled with 

 buffy-white ; centre of breast whiter ; belly 



* Tlie fine series iu Brit. Miis. does not appear to me to confirm the view 

 that the Azores race is the same as the Canarj' Is. race. 



