240 Mr. J. H. Gumey's Notes on 



above which are narrow bars of that colour alternating with 

 broad bars of dark grey ; the upper tail-coverts are an un- 

 broken rufouSj as is the tail itself, except that it is crossed 

 about half an inch above the tip with a narrow irregular 

 blackish-brown band^ nowhere more than a quarter of an inch 

 in breadth, and excepting also four very small dark spots 

 adjacent to the shafts of the middle pair of rectrices. 



I proceed to refer to another and very rare species, Buteo 

 harlani, the type of which (an adult female) is preserved in 

 the British Museum, and has been fully described by Mr. 

 Sharpe, who also adds a description of the young plumage ; 

 but the latter must be caucelledj as Mr. Sharpe informs me 

 that it was erroneously taken from an immatm'e example of 

 an alhed species*. 



In consequence of this error, I think it desirable to insert 

 a description of a Buzzard obtained by M. Salle in the 

 state of Vera Cruz, and preserved in the Norwich Museum, 

 which I believe to be an immature example of the veritable 

 B. harlani, though it does not precisely agree with the de- 

 scription of another immature, but possibly rather more ad- 

 vanced, specimen from Texas, given by Messrs. Baird, Brewer, 

 and E-idgway in vol. iii. of their work, p. 294. 



The following are the principal measurements of this 

 specimen : — 



inches. 



Culmen from cere 1 



Wiug from carpal joint 16 



Tarsus 2*5 



Space between the tip of the tibial feathers and 



the base of the toes 0"3 



Middle toe s. u 1'7 



The upper surface of the head is dark brown, with the 

 bases of the feathers slightly showing white on the forehead 

 adjoining the cere, and also about the occiput; ear-coverts 

 dark brown, longitudinally streaked with brownish-black ; 

 chin and upper throat similarly streaked on a white ground ; 

 the entire remainder of the upper surface (excepting the 

 quill-feathers of the wings and tail) similar to the upper 

 * [Cf. Ibis, lbr4, p. ;314.— Ed.] 



