38 FALCONIDJE. 



brown feathers on the sides of the neck (the remains of young plu- 

 mage) ; feathers of crown slightly recurved ; all the qiiiUs tipped 

 with white ; iipper tail-coverts white ; tail brown, white at base and 

 at tip ; under surface of body entirely white, with one black plume 

 on the throat, and the sides of the body irregularly marked with 

 black, which occupies the most part of the inner and a great deal 

 of the outer web of the feathers ; under wing-coverts white ; pri- 

 maries white at immediate base, with broad black bars. Total 

 length 21 inches, culmen 1-65, wing 15'6, tail 9'3, tarsus 3"1. 

 Hah. Patagonia. 



a. 5 st. Santa Cruz, Patagonia. C. Darwin, Esq. [C.]. Type of species. 



5. Ibycter carunculatus. 



Phalcobpenus carunculatus, Des Murs, Mev. et Mag. de Zonl. 1853, 

 p. 154: Giirney, Cat. Rapt. B. Norio. Mus. p. 25 (1864). 



Milvago megalopterus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 555 (nee Meyoi). 



Milvago carunculatus, Scl. P. Z. 8. 1860, p. 81 ; id. Ibis, 1861, p. 19, 

 pi. 1 ; Grai/, Hand-l. i. p. 5 (1869) ; Scl. ^ Salv. Nometicl. Av. 

 Neotr. p. 122 (1873). 



Adult. Above glossy black, the feathers of the head recui-ved ; 

 rump and upper tail-coverts pure white ; quills black ; both prima- 

 ries and secondaries broadly tipped with white ; tail black, with a 

 broad terminal band of white ; entire breast black, each feather 

 with a large tear-shaped drop of white along the centre ; under tail- 

 coverts, vent, and thighs pure white, as also are the under wing- 

 coverts and axiUaries ; bare skin of face and throat wrinkled and 

 deep orange -colour, as also the cere ; irides hazel. Total length 

 19-5 inches, culmen 2, wing 15"5, tail 8*8, tarsus 3*2. 



Hah. Highlands of Ecuador and New Granada. 



a. Ad. sk. Ecuador. K. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.] 



6. Ibycter australis. 



Statenland Eagle, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 40 (1781). 



Falco austi-alis, Gm. S. N. i. p. 259 (1788). 



Morphnus novae zealandise. Cm. Reqne An. i. p. 318 (1817). 



Falco novEe zealandite, Temm. Pi: Col. i. pis. 192, 224 (1823). 



Polyborus nova; zealandiae, Vig. Zool. Journ. i. p. 336 (1824) ; Dar- 



loin, Journ. T'oy. Adv. 4' Beagle, p. 66 (1839). 

 Circaetus novse zealandise, Ciiv. Regne An. i. p. 328 (1829). 

 Circaetus antarcticus, Less. Traitc, p. 49 (1831). 

 Polyborus brasiliensis. King, Voy. Beagle, i. p. 532 (1839). 

 Senex australis, /. E. Gray in Jardine (^- Selhy, III. Orn. n. s. pi. 24 



(1839) ; Gumey, Cat. Rapt. B. Nario. Mus. p. 20 (1864). 

 Milvago leucurus, Darwin, Vuy. Beagle, Birds, p. 15 (1841, ex Forst.^ ; 



Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 5 (1869). 

 Vultur plancus, Furst. Descr. Anim, p. 321 (1844). 

 Aeti'iorchis novse zealandise, Kaup, Classif. Sdugeth. u. Vog. p. 124 



(1844). 

 Milvago australis, Gray, Cat. Accipitr. 1848, p. 30 ; StricM. Orn. 



Syn. p. 21 (1855); Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 150; Pek. Verh. z.-b. 



iVien, 1862, p. 136; Scl. ^- Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 122 



(1873). 



