340 FALCOjriD^. 



the greater under wing-coverts ; bill black ; feet orange : iris 

 orange-red. Total length 14"5 inches, culmen 1, wing 11-95, tail 7, 

 tarsus 1*4. 



Young. As in the other species, mixed with brown above, the 

 quills and tail-feathers tipped with white ; under surface streaked 

 with pale rufous. 



Hab. Southern States of North America, throughout the whole of 

 Central and Southern America, as far as Chili. 



5. Elanus scriptus. 



Elanus scriptus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 80 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 26 

 (1845j; Gotdd, B. Aiistr. i. pi. 24 (1848); Bp. Consp. i. p. 2(3 

 (1850); Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 55 (1865); Gray, Hand-l. 

 B. i. p. 28 (1809). 



Adult. Above delicate ashy white, fore part of head, sides of face, 

 carpal bend of wing, and entire underparts white ; feathers in front 

 of the eye and a narrow ring surrounding it black ; greater and 

 median coverts and a patch on the outside of the wing black, greater 

 coverts greyish ash ; quiUs brown, washed externally with grey, the 

 under surface whiter, especially of the secondaries, which are also 

 ashy white above like the rest of the back ; tail ashy white, paler on 

 the inner web ; under wing-coverts and axillaries black, except the 

 lower ones, which are greyish white, and those round the bend of 

 the wing, which are pure white ; cere yellow ; bill black ; feet yel- 

 low ; iris orange. Total length 12 inches, culmen 1-1, wing 11-5, 

 tail 6-5, tarsus 1-5. 



Hah. Australia. 



a. Ad. st. Port Albany. Purchased. 



b. Ad. sk. Champion Bay, W. Australia. Purchased. 



c. d, e. Ad. sk. Interior of Australia. Capt. Sturt [P.]. 



64. GAMPSONYX. 



Type. 



Gampsonyx, Vigors, Zool. Journ. ii. p. 69 (1825) G. swainsoni. 



Chondrohierax, Less. 



Range. Trinidad, Guiana, and Brazil. 



1. Gampsonjrx swainsoni. 



Gamponyx swainsoni, Vigors, Zool. Journ. ii. p. 69 (1825) ; Gray, 

 Gen. B. i. p. 26, pi. 9. fig. 4 (1845) ; Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guian. iii. 

 p. 735 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 21 (1850) ; Strickl. Or7i. Syn. p. 137 

 (1855) ; Burnt. Th. Bras. ii. p. 114 (1856) ; Leot. Ois. Tr'inid. p. 41 



