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G. Buteo augur*. 



Buteo augur, Riipp. Netie Wirh. Vog. p. .38, Taf. 16 (18.35) ; Gray, 

 Gen. ^. i. p. 11 ( 1840) ; Kaup, Coiitr. Orn. 1850, p. 76; Bp. Consp. 



-- . p. 7 (1869), „..,,,.. .^.. .. ^. „- ^.„„..,, 



i^»Mc/(, Tr. Z. S. vii. p. 202 (1870) ; Blanf. Geol. Sc Zool. Abyss. 

 p. 297 (1870) ; Finsch ^- Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 57 (1870). 

 Buteo hydrophilus, Riipp. Neue Wirb. p. 39,' Taf. 17 (1835). 



Young. Above uniform dark brown, the nape streaked with white ; 

 sides and hinder part of neck streaked with rufovLS buff; lores whitish ; 

 sides of face and under surface of body creamy buff, much marked 

 with brown on the throat and cheeks, forming a distinct moustachial 

 indication on the latter ; sides of breast and abdomen, as well as 

 under wing-coverts, distinctly marked with dark brown ; thighs uni- 

 form ochraceous buff ; upper tail-coverts ashy brown, tipped with 

 rufous ; tail ashy brown, with a whity bro^\^l tip, and crossed with 

 twelve or thirteen bands of darker brown ; • quUls ashy brown, 

 externally ashy near the base, and barred with dark brown, the 

 inner web of quills white, the tips black both above and below, 

 secondaries with more or less distinct bars of dark brown below ; 

 iris umber-brown. 



Adult male. Above black, pure white below and on sides of neck ; 

 cheeks, ear-coverts, and throat black, the latter somewhat streaked 

 with white, the flanks slightly marked with black ; upper tail-coverts 

 rufous with black tips ; tail bright tawny, -with a blackish patch 

 towards the tip of outer web ; (juills black at tip, ashy grey near 

 the base, the secondaries paler and more silvery grey, all crossed with 



* Buteo auguralis. 



Buteo augur, Brehm, Naiim. 1855, p. 6; id. Bcise Hahesch, p. 248 



(1863). 

 Buteo desertorum, Antin. Cat. Dcscr. Ucc. p. 12 (1865). 

 Buteo auguralis, Salvad. Atti Soc. Ital. 8c. Nat. viii. p. 377 (1865); 



Soitza, Cat. Mks. Lisb. p. 37 (1869) ; Socage, Jorn. Liab. ii. p. 337 



(1869), Finsch, Tr. Z. S. vii. p. 313 (1870) ; Salvad. Atti B. Accad. 



Tor. 1870, p. 726; Scl. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 494. 

 Buteo delalandi, Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. i. p. 131 (1867). 

 Buteo anceps, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Jfr. p. 93 (1869). 



I have not yet seen this species, and, therefore, have not been able to pla<'e it 

 in my synoptic table. Full descriptions are given by Count Salvador! and Prof. 

 Barboza du Bocage; and the following remarks by Dr. Otto Pinsch will give a 

 good idea of its relations to B. augvr : — 



'•In any case this species, althougli allied to B. augur, is well distinguished, 

 not only by its inferior size, but also by the very different coloration. The crop 

 and breast are dark red-brown, the remaining underparts white, with conspicuous 

 dark cordiform spots ; under tail-coverts and thighs luiiform wliite ; the greater 

 portion of the inner web of the secondaries is white, with five or six narrow, in- 

 complete, dark cross bands, whereas in B. augur there are from nine to eleven 

 complete dark cross bands." 



