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Gen. LXVIII. LOPHOICTINIA Kaup (1847). 



He<ad crested ; bill moderate, the tip not prolonged ; 

 tail even. 



Length 19 ; Aving 18 in. ; above blackish 

 broAvn, wing -co verts paler and slightly nifous 

 with dark centres ; wing qnills and tail dark 

 brown, externally gi-eyish, banded Avith 

 black, the snbterminal band \'ery broad ; 

 head dull nifoiis, and forehead, cheeks and 

 throat whitish, A\ith black centre streaks; 

 ear-coA^erts grey ; beloAv nifous ; chest Avith 

 broad black centres to all the feathers, 

 becoming narroAA' shaft -streaks beloAv ; cere 

 and feet greyish Avhite ; tip of bill blackish. 

 243. Lophoictinia isiira (Gould), Syn. Bds. Austr., Australia, 

 pt. iii., pi. 47 (1838). [New S. Wales.'] E. & W. 



Square -tailed Kite. 



Gen. LXIX. ROSTRHAMUS Less. (1830). 



Head not crested ; bill very long and slender, the 

 upper mandible hooked almost into a sickle-shape, 

 the cutting edges not festooned ; nostrils narroAv 

 OA^als, horizontal ; tail about half as long as AA-ing, 

 nearly even. 



Length ad. 13.5; Aving 11.7 in.; general 

 colour lead grey, the Avings blackish ; tail 

 grey AAdth a broad terminal band of black ; 

 cere, lores, gape and feet orange yeUoAV ; bill 

 black ; iris red. 

 244. Rostrhamus sociabilis (Vieill.), N.D., x\dii., 

 p. 318 (1817). [S. America : Corrientes et 

 Rio de la Plata.] 

 Everglade Kite. 



Larger and blacker ; length ad. 18 ; wing 

 14.1 in. ; entirely slaty black, with a broAvnish 

 shade on wings ; base of tail and upper and 

 under coverts white ; tail black, tipped Avith 

 white, AAdth a subterminal bar of ashy broAvn ; 

 bill black ; cere and feet yellow. 



S. America 

 from 



Argentina 

 and Peru to 

 Colombia ; 

 Central 

 America, 

 E. Mexico ; 

 Cuba and 

 Florida. 



