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Januakt 16, 1920 Vol. VII, p. 35 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



NEW ENGLAND ZOOLOGICAL CLUB 



A NEW RED-SHOULDERED HAWK FROM THE 

 FLORIDA KEYS 



BY OUTRAM BANGS 



The Florida red-shouldered hawk, Buteo Uneatus alleni Ridg- 

 way (type locahty, Tampa, Florida), occurs as a resident species, 

 with httle or no geographic variation, from South Carolina to 

 certainly somewhat south of Tampa on the Florida peninsula. 



In the Florida Keys, and perhaps in the extreme south of the 

 mainland of Florida also, it is replaced by a much smaller form, 

 so different as to require a name, which may be known as 



Buteo Uneatus extimus subsp. nov. 



Type, adult cf , no. 6899, M. C. Z., from Cape Florida (southern end of 

 Key Biscayne), collected April 5, 1858, by G. Wurdemann. 



Characters. — Similar to Buteo Uneatus alleni, and not much different 

 in color though perhaps averaging in general a little darker and richer, but 

 much smaller. 



Measurements. — Type, adult cf : wing, 275; tail-feathers, 169; tarsus, 

 73; middle toe without claw, 32; culmen from cere, 19 mm. No. 6898, 

 immature cf, Indian Key: wing, 270; tail-feathers, 167; tarsus, 73; 

 middle toe without claw, 32 mm. Tip of bill shot away. 



