Mr. P. L. Sclater on Milvago carunculatus. 19 



Holboll formerly possessed an example, probably obtained in 

 Greenland during the latter years of his life. 



115. Xema sabini, J. Sab. 



Very i*are in the Danish settlements ; breeds only to the north 

 of Upernavik. 



116. Sterna macroura, Naum. 



117. ^Sula hassana (Linn.). 

 Accidental and rare. 



118. Graculus carbo (Linn.), 

 Copenhagen, 31st July, 1860. 



II. — Note on Milvago carunculatus and its allied species. 

 By Philip Lutley Sclater. 



(Plate I.) 



In my description of Accipiter collaris in last year's volume of 

 * The Ibis ' (p. 147 et seq.), I spoke of Milvago carunculatus as 

 another scarce Raptorial bird peculiar to New Granada, of which, 

 at the time I was writing, I believed but one specimen was 

 known to exist in scientific collections. M. O. Des Murs, having 

 noticed this allusion, has most kindly sent to me the original 

 description of Milvago carunculatus, as it was prepared for his 

 ' Iconographie Ornithologique ' in 1845. That work having (un- 

 fortunately for science) been discontinued shortly afterwards, 

 M. Des Murs' article was never published, and merely a short 

 notice of this new species was subsequently given by him in the 

 ' Revue Zoologique ' for 1853 (p. 154). I now have the pleasure 

 of giving M. Des Murs' full description, as follows : — 



PoLVBORUs [Milvago, Phalcobanus) carunculatus, Des Murs. 



Supra nigro-splendens ; remigibus primariis, secundariis et 

 tectricum alarium majorum apicibus albis; rectricibus in 

 toto nigris, albo late marginatis ; supracaudalibus albis : 

 subtus niger, albo regulariter flammato seu squamato; 

 abdomine inferiore, crisso, femoribus subcaudalibusque can- 

 didis : carunculis ceraque aurantiis ; pedibus flavis. 



Cette belle espece de Polyborus a la plus grande ressemblance 

 et I'affinite la plus intime avec le P. montanus de d'Orbigny. 



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