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211a. Herpetotheres cachinnans queribundus Bangs Brazil 



and Penard, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Ixiii., (Pernambucc) 



p. 23 (1919). [Pernambuco, type in M.C.Z. to Paraguay. 



Harvard.] 



Brazilian Laughing Hawk. 



Size of typical form (wing S 258-67), but 

 very pale in colouration. 



211b. Herpetotheres cachinnans mcestus Bangs & 

 Penard, Auk. xxxv., p. 444 (1918). [Bella- 

 vista, Peru, type in M.C.Z. Harvard.] 

 Peruvian Laughing Hawk. 



Small pale form ; wing ? 235 mm. 

 and under parts much whiter. 



head 



N.W. Peru. 



*211c. Herpetotheres cachinnans fulvescens Chapm., 

 Bull. Am. Mus. N.H., xxxiv., p. 638 (1915). 

 {Alto Bonito, R. Sucio, W. Colomb., type in 

 Amer. Mus. N.H.] 

 Western Laughing Hawk. 



Wing (J 253-258, ? 270 mm. ; smaller and 

 more richly coloured ; below nearly uni- 

 form deeper buff ; head deeper buff. 



W. Ecuador and 

 W. Colombia 

 (Pacific side of 

 Andes), N. to 

 Panama ; also 

 S. Nicaragua 

 (W. Sclat.). 



2lld. Herpetotheres cachinnans chapmani Bangs Mexico, from 



& Penard, Bull. M.C.Z., Ixii., p. 37 (1918). Tepic and 



[Quintana Roo, Mexico, type in M.C.Z. Talasco, S. to 



Harvard]. N. Nicaragua. 



Wing c? 270-275, ? 300 mm. ; large pale 

 form ; upper parts paler ; head and under 

 parts whiter ; tail with the bands extending 

 across feathers. 



* A Paraguayan (^ in Brit. Mus. has a wing measurement of 298 mm. 



