Geranospiza gracilis (Temminck) 



Falco gracilis Temminck TYPE 



PI. Col, 16 liv. , 1821, pi. 91. 



No nunber. Leiden, l/^ing 310, tail 2A-2, culmen from 

 cere 13»5, tarsus 93»0, middle toe minus claw 

 36. 5« (Tail bands com^nencing vdth tip. Black bars 

 are underlined. ) 



Center pair 5-^2-2^-A6-25-34-5A to base. 

 Next pair 5-3iJh-23-36-A3-lA-to base 



Counted bird in good condition, yellow eyes. In 



details of tail markings the specimen and plate agree 

 save that the somewhat broken proximal black band 

 has not been indicated. Coloration of light areas 

 of tail much too dark, - actually they are light 

 creamy buff. The aistal light band is gray on outer 

 webs when viev;ed dorsally. Central pair barred 

 differently from others. Basal and second light band 

 are v;hite, the distal one gray on both webs from 

 above. 



Y.'hite barring below narrov; (1-1-L.2 mm.) and about 1/3- 

 1/ U the width of the intervening dark spaces. 



Herpetotheres hemidactilus [J] Temm. 

 See also Schlegel, M.P.B. 2 typ. pi. col. 91, 

 H, Astures, 1862, p. 3A. Cot. No. 3 



Brasilia 



Examined at Leiden Jioly 8, 1939* 



Probably collected by Y.'ied, although Temminck 's 

 text does not e^licitly so state. 



A, J. Van Rossem 



