105 



strongly arched, resembling that of Falco ; cere 

 short ; tcail square ; wings reaching about 1.25 in. 

 beyond end of tail. 



Size small ; wing ad. 11.5-12.5 ; tail C in. ; 

 above leaden black ; wings and tail blacker ; 

 head lighter grey, nape a little darker ; 

 primaries pale chestnut on inner webs, 

 couspicnoiis beloAv ; under parts slate grey ; 

 tail with 3 bais of A\hite on inner webs 

 below, the basal one concealed and some- 

 times wanting. 



Ictmia plumhea (Gmel.), S.N., i., p. 283 (1788). 

 [ex Lath. — Cayenne.] 

 Plumbeous Kite. 



253 



254. 



Size similar; wing ^ 10.5-11.5; $ 11-12.5 

 in. ; above leaden l)l<!,ck, paler on secondaries 

 and blacker on primaries and tail, but latter 

 without white bars below ; head, neck and 

 under parts clear grey ; base of primaries 

 chestnut on inner webs ; bill black, feet 

 orange red. 



Ictinia mississippiensis (Wils.) Amer. Orn., 

 iii., p. 80, pi. 25, fig. 1 (1811). [Natchez, 

 Mississippi.] 

 Mississippi Kite. 



Central and 

 S. Amer. to 

 Brazil and 

 Paraguay. 



Southern 



United 



States ; 



S. in winter 



to Mexico 



and cas. 



Guatemala. 



Gen. LXXVI. HARPAGUS Vigors (1824). 



Head not crested ; nostrils oval with central 

 tubercle ; bill with 2 distinct teeth ; tarsus slender 

 Avitli broad transverse scales ; feet small and 

 weak ; wings very short, hardly reaching to 

 middle of tail ; size small. 



Wing ad. 8.1 ; tail 6 in. ; above slaty grey, 

 head darker and wings browner ; tail dark 

 brown, with narrow bands of greyish white ; 

 below pale gi'ey, the throat and under tail- 

 coverts white ; thighs bright ferruginous. 

 255. Harpagus diodon (Temm.), PI. Col.,i., pi. 198, 

 1824. [Brazil.] 

 Red-thighed Hawk. 



South 



Brazil (Rio 

 Grande do 

 Sul to Bahia). 



