218 FAlCOIflD^. 



of wing white, the primaries iuclining to greyish, and barred with 

 bhick on inner web ; bill lead-colour ; feet yellow, nails black. Total 

 length 23"5 inches, culmen 1-75, wing 14-8, tail 8"5, tarsus 3-65. 



Hah. From Southern Mexico to Panama. 

 a. Ad. st, Mexico. Purchased. 



7. Urubitinga palliata. 



Falco palliatus, Natterer, MS., undh 



Leucopternis palliata, Pelz. Sitz. Aknd. Wien, xHv. p. 11 (1861) ; id. 



Verh. z.-h. Wicn, 1802, p. 141; Scl. 8,- Salv. Ex. Oru. p. 97, 



pi. xlix. (1868) ; Pelz. Om. Bras. p. 3 (1871) ; Scl. ^ Salv. Nomencl. 



p. 119 (1873). 

 Buteo polionotus, Gray, Cat. Acci'pitr. Brit. Mus. 1844, p. 17 (deser. 



7mlla) ; Strickl, Orn. Syn. p. 37 (1855) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 8 



(1869). 

 Leucopternis polionota, Kaup, Isis, 1847, p. 212 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 19 



(1850). 

 Asturina melanonota, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Asturinae, p. 10 (1862, nee 



Vieill.) ; id. Revue Accipitr. p. 103 (1873). 



Adult. Above blackish slate-colour, the feathers of the back and 

 scapulars white at base, tipped with white, and irregularly spotted or 

 barred with the same, most of the latter spots being concealed, the 

 lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts much barred and broadly 

 tipped with white ; head and neck aU round, as weU as the under 

 surface, including under wing- and tail-coverts, pure white ; upper 

 wing-coverts blackish slate-colour, with a few white spots and tips 

 to the feathers ; quills black, externally shaded with slaty grey, the 

 secondaries broadly tipped with white ; inner web white at base, 

 with indistinct blackish bars ; tail black at base, white for terminal 

 half ; " cere pale yellow ; feet pale orange-yellow, claws black ; iris 

 not very dark brown " {Natterer). Total length 21 inches, culmen 

 1*7, wing 15-5, tail 9, tarsus 3-8. 



Hah. Southern Brazil. 



a. Ad. st. South America. Purchased. 



b. Ad. st. South America. Sir A. Smith. 



Types of B. jjolimiotus. 



8. Urubitinga lacemulata. 



Falco lacernulatus, Tenun. PL Col. i. pi. 437 (1827). 



Buteo laceruulatus, Cuv. P. A. i. p. 337 ( 1829) ; Strickl. Orn. Syn. 



p. 34 (1855). 

 Falco skotopterus, Max. Beitr. iii. pt. 1. p. 204 (1830). 

 Leucopternis scotoptera, Kaup, Isis, 1847, p. 21 1; Pelz. Verh. z.-b. 



Wien, 1862, p. 141, et Orn. Bras. pp. 3, 395 (1871); Salv. Ibis, 



1872, p. 242; Scl. ^- Salv. Nomencl. p. 119 (1873). 

 Buteo scotopterus, Gray, Cat. Accipitr. Brit. Mus. 1848, p. 38 ; 



Burm. Til. Bras. ii. p. 51 (1856) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 8 (1869), 

 Leucopternis lacermilata, Bp. Consp. i. p. 19 (1850). 

 Asturina scotoptera, Schl. 3It(s. P.-B. Asturinse, p. 11 (1862). 



