33. URTJBITINGA. 217 



Falco picatus, Shau\ Ge?i. Zool vii. pt. 1. p. 167 (1809). 



Buteo melanotus, VieiU. Nuuv. Did. iv. p. 472 (181G) ; Pucher. Rev. 



et Maq. 1850, p. 84. 

 Falco precilonotus, Temm. Tl. Col. i. pi. 9 (1824). 

 Buteo pcecilonotus, Vigors, Zool Journ. i. p. 340 (1824) ; Gi-ay, Gen. 



B. i. p. 12 (1849); Leot. Oi.i. TrinicJ. p. 7 (18GG). 

 Leucoptemis albicoUis, Kaup, Isis, 1847, p. 210; Sp. Comp. i. p. 19 



(1250) ; Feh. Verh. z.-b. fVien, 1862, p. 140; .SW. S,- Salv. Ex. Orn. 



p. 122 (1868) ; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 555 ; Pels. Orn. Bras. 



pp. 3, 395 (1871) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1872, p. 242 ; Scl. 8,- Salv. Nomencl. 



p. 119 (1873). ^ ^ . 



Buteo albicollis, Gray, Cat. Accipitr. 1848, p. 38; id. Gen. B.\. 



p. 12 (1849); StricM. Orn. Syn. p. 37 (1855); E. C. Taylor, Ibis, 



1864, p. 180 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 8 (1869). 

 Leucoptemis pcecilonotus, Bp. Rev. et Mag. 1850, p. 481. 

 Tachytriorchis albicollis, Bp. C. R. xli. p. 651 (1855V 

 Astuiina albicollis, Schl. Mus. P.-B. xlsturinse, p. 9 (1862), 



Ad^dt. Above slaty black, the interscapulary feathers much varied 

 ■with white bases and margins, sometimes also barred with white on 

 the outer web ; wing-coverts like the back, but less distinctly varied 

 with white; quUls slaty black, the secondaries a little browner, 

 broadly tipped with white, some of the outer ones indistinctly barred 

 with darker brown ; back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail pure 

 white, the latter with a broad subterminal band of black ; head 

 white, streaked with black ; sides of face, neck all round, and entire 

 under surface white. Total length 21 inches, culmen 1-7, wing 14, 

 tail 9, tarsus 3-25. 



Hab. Amazonia, Gtiiana, Venezuela, and Trinidad. 



a Ad sk. S. America. Purchased. 



b. Ad. sk. Trinidad. Purchased. 



6. Urubitinga ghiesbrechti. 



Buteo ghiesbrechti, Du Bus, Esq. Orn. pi. 1 (1845); Stnckl. Orn. 



Syn. \ 36 (1855); Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 227; Scl. 8r Salv. Ibis, 



1859, p. 217 ; Lawr. Afin. Lye. K. T. vii. p. 289 (1861) ; Salv. 



P. Z. S. 1867, p. 158 ; Gray, Sand-l. B. i. p. 8 (1869). 

 Leucoptemis ghiesbrechti, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1850, p. 481 ; Scl. Sf Salv. 



Ex. Orn. p. 121 (1868) ; Salv. P. Z. S 1870, p. 215 ; id. Ibis, 1872, 



p. 242 ; Scl. Sr Salv. Nomencl. p. 119 (1873). 

 Tachvtriorchis ghiesbrechti, Bp. C. R. xli. p. 651 (1855). 

 Asturina ghiesbrechtii, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Asturinse, p. 11 (1862), 



Adult. Snowy white above and below ; a slight shade of greyish 

 on upper margin of ear-coverts ; tail with a broad subterminal band 

 of black ; small wing-coverts white, like back, only a few of the 

 outermost irregularly marked with black on their external webs ; 

 greater coverts black, white at base and at tip ; primary coverts and 

 primaries black, scarcely tipped at all with white ; secondaries also 

 black, with very broad white tips, the innermost ones for the most 

 part white, irregularly marked in the middle with black, in the form 

 of more or less broken bars ; under wing-coverts and inner lining 



