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Gen. XIXA. CLIMACOCERCUS CAB. (1845.) 



Foot very much smaller ; tarsi more slender, with 

 broad and regular scales in front. 



Size small, length {(^) 13 in. ; wiug 6.9. Above 

 slate or rufous (rufous phase) ; tail with 3 

 greyish white bands ; below greyish Avhite, 

 barred with greyish black : tliroat wliite, 

 fore-neck rufous. 



ol. Climacoccicus raficoUis {VicWi.), N. Diet., x., Venezuela, 

 p. 322 (1817). [S. America.] Guiana, 



Red-necked Harrier-Hawk. Brazil, 



Para.gua.y. 

 Above chocolate brown ; tail blackish, \\itli 

 3 narj'ow white bands ; Ijclow thickly baijed 

 A\ith black and white ; throat broMii. 



51a. Climacocercus zonotJiorax ('ab., .l.f.O.. I S(i5. (Colombia, 

 p. 406. \Porto Cabello, ]'cner:.] N'euezuela.. 



Bai'red Harrier-Hawk. 



Above (male) ashy brown (female blackish) ; 

 tail blackish Avith 3 irregular white bauds (4 

 in immature) ; bcloA\ whitish. ))rcast hncly 

 Ijarred with wavy blackish lines : loMcr 

 abdomen white. 



52. Climacocercus gilvicoUis (Vicill.), N. Diet., x., Colouibia tK: 

 ]). 323 (1817). [Pair. ign. : Cayenne ? ] Amazonia to 

 White -throated Harrier-Hawk. E. Peru and 



to20°S.lat. 

 . in Brazil. 

 Above blackish ; tail with 3 irregular wliite 

 bands ; throat and cheeks pale grey ; below 

 dull white, closely barred down to thighs with 

 bhi.ckish. 



53. Cliwacocercas (/neriUa/'\ (('ass.), I*i'. Plnl. .Mexico 1o 

 Acad., 1848 p. 87. [Talapa. Mex.\ Colombia. 

 Grey-throated Harrier-lTaA\ k . A'enezula . 



Brazil, ajid 

 Ecuador. 



(Jea.XX. GERANOSPlZlA.S.Suudcv. (1873). 



Tarsus sc-aleil behind ; thighs without overhanging 

 tuft of featheis ; ridge of bill greater than half 

 length of middle toe (Avithout claw); connuissure 

 si ightly f estoonerl . 



tSizr model ate (lengl li 16.5-24.5 in.). 



* In revising this group the forms iiKjiiJurU and inlcrstcs appear (o he 

 uutujiable and are therefore omitted. 



