79. 



Wing $ 392 mm. ; tail uniform rufous, 

 with one very narrow sub-terminal band ; 

 flanks and thighs light rufous ; juv., tail 

 barred, and flanks and thighs sparsely 

 barred \\'ith rufous. 



143g. Biitco borealis umhriiiiis Bangs, Pr. New 



Engl. Zool. CI. ii 



Manatee Co. 

 Harvard.] 

 Florida Red-tail. 



, p. 67 (1901). 

 I'luiida, type 



[Myakka, 

 in M.C.Z.. 



S. Florida, 



Bahamas, 



Cuba. 



Si/e of B. boiealis borealis (N\'ing (^ 376-392, 

 ? 420-430 mm. ), but darker above ; throat 

 and middle of belly \\ith broad conspicuous 

 striping and banding of deep chocolate 

 brown ; tail feathers rufous, with broad 

 sub-terminal black band and dark brown 

 markings (remains of bands) near shaft. 



143h. Bmeo borealis jainaicensis (Gmel.), S.N., i., Jamaica. 



p. 266 (1788). [Jamaica.] San Domingo/ 



Jamaica Red-tail. Porto Rico ? 



Wing S 330-345, ? 352-373 mm. ; above 

 sooty brownish witli purplish gloss and 

 ferruginous edgings ; tail ferruginous red, 

 with sub-terminal black band ; wing quills 

 rich brown, barred \\ith black ; below 

 white tinged buff ; throat streaked with 

 dusky, chest moie thickly with ferruginous; 

 a dusky zone across abdomen ; thighs 

 ban\d ferruginous. 



bird 



^ B. tn^l^icdlis X'errill is a synonym, describc'd from an immature San Domingo 



