548 CLASS XVI. 



PI. col. 44, Desmues pi. peint. PI. 13, 14 {Pernis torquata and ru-ficoUis 

 Less.) ; Java, Sumatra. (In the stomach of this species also hynienopterous 

 insects have been found.) 



^ote. — Here are to be inserted sub-genera Hyptio2')us Hodgs. 

 {Baza ejusd. Jpreviovisly), Lophotes Lesson, Avicida Swains., on 

 which cons. Gray Gener. of Birds, i. 23. Upper mandible with 

 two small teeth before the tip. 



Sp. Pernis lophotes, Falco lophotes Cuv., Temm. PI. col. 10; the East Indies. 



Gymindis Cuv. (and Rosthramiis Less.!) Bill compressed, 

 arched ; upper mandible with tip hooked, produced. Nostrils small, 

 narrow, basal. Wings long, with third and fourth quills longest 

 of all. Tarsi plumed above on the anterior surface. Toes long. 



+ Tail long, rounded. Tarsi short. 



Sp. Cymindis cayennensis, Falco cayennensis Gm., Buff. PI. enl. 473, Temm, 

 PI. col. 204, 270; — Cymindis uncinatus, Falco uncinatus Illig., Cymin- 

 dis cuculoides Swains., Temm. PI. col. 103, 104, 105. 



t+ Tail even, moderate. Tarsi elongate, scutellate anteriorly below the 

 plumes. 



Sp. Cymindis hamatus, Falco hamatus Illig., Rosthramus niger Less., 

 Temm. PI. col. 61, 231, Lafkesn., Guer. Magas. de Zool. 1834, PI, 20. 

 (Species all from South America.) 



Buteo Bechst. Bill short, curved, with tip hooked, margin of 

 upper mandible sinuate. Nostrils oval, transverse. Wings long, 

 with third and fourth quills subequal, longest of all. Tail mode- 

 rate, even or subrounded. Tarsi long; toes short. 



Archibuteo Brehm. Tarsi liirsutely feathered in front to the 

 base of toes. 



Sp, Buteo lagopus, Falco lagopus Brunnich {Ornithologia horealis, Hafniae, 

 1764, 8vo, p. 4), Naum, Taf. 34, Susem. Vog. Eur. Taf. 34; from the 

 North of Europe and Siberia; the rough-legged buzzard; an occasional 

 visitant in England, visits the Netherlands in the autumn and often 

 remains over the winter. — Buteo Sancti Johannis, Falco Sancii Johannis 

 Gm., Wils. Ain. Ornith. 11. Tab. 53, fig. i, 2, 83, (p. 54) fig. i. Faun, 

 ior. Am., Birds, PI. 28; from North America, often confounded with the 

 preceding species. Bonaparte refers also to this species Falco ferrugineus 

 LiCHTENST., Gray Gen. PI. vi. 



Buteo Brehm. Tarsi covered anterioi-ly with a row of transverse 

 scutella. 



