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of the hind ueck are light olive-green, orange at base, and terminating 

 conspicuously with black j back, rump, and smaller wing-coverts of a 

 brownish-rufous or bay color, the feathers narrowly edged with black] the 

 tail-feathers are varied with dark green and blue, with their bases bright 

 orajige and thi^ir ends dirty pale orange; the terminal half of the pri- 

 maries is black, the basal portion orange-yellow; the speculum on the 

 secondaries is of a deep orange, succeeded by green and then dark blue 

 on the outer webs to their ends ; the inner webs are black; the tertials 

 are olive green, with the outer webs of a lighter blue; edge of the wing 

 orange ; the breast and sides are of a duller bay color than the back, and 

 the abdomen dull olive-green; all the feathers edged with black; the 

 under tail coverts are dull orange, ending with green; the bill is horn- 

 whire, the end of the upper mandible dusky, and the sides with just a 

 tinjie of orange; feet dark ash. 



The female does not differ essentially in jjlumage from the male, except 

 that the sinciput is whiter and the throat of a clearer orange, possibly 

 due to difference of age. 



Each si)ecimen is labelled — " Parrot. J. Kirkland, Esq., Langby Park, 

 Dee. 15, 1877.'- 



Fam. STRIGIDtE. 



30. Strix flammea rar. nigrescens, Lawr. 

 '' Owl. ' Jnmbie Bird.' 



"' Length, 9 , 12 in.; alar extent, 32 ; wing, 10. 



" There a) e two species, it is said ; but I have seen but this one, and 

 doubt whether there be another. Evidence from the natives should 

 never be accepted without proof. This species is a frequenter of cliffs. 

 1 knovv nothing of its habits." 



. Fam. FALCONID^. 



31. Pandion haliaetus (Linu.). 



'' Not seen, but said to appear along the coast to the windward.'' 



32. Buteo pennsylvanicus (Wils.). 



"Everywhere abundant. Called the 'Chicken Hawk'. Every speci- 

 men yet examined very light in color, except the last." 



33. Urubitinga anthracina (Nitzscb) ? 



-•Black Hawk.' 



''Length, J, juv., 21 in.; wing, 15; tail, 9; tarsus, 3J. Cumberland 

 V;ilK-y, Feb. 1, 1878. 



"An inhabitant of the mountains and higher valleys, feeding on crabs, 

 cr;i.\ fishes, etc., and frequenting the mountain streams. This specimen 

 is evrh'uily pot in mature stage of plumage. Thej" are very shy, little 

 «eeu, not molesiiiig poultry. A young one of this species has been sent 

 tt» th<' London Zoological Gardens. 



