2ST Ge dey 
— 
A 
SYNOPSES 
OF THE 
ACCIPITRES 
(DIURNAL BIRDS OF (PREY) 
PART II. 
Sub-Fam. III. BUTEONINZE. 
Bill moderate, bending from base, with a slight 
projection on cutting edge of upper mandible ; 
outer toe connected to middle toe by an inter- 
digital membrane ; tibia much longer than tarsus. 
Gen. XXVIII. ERYTHROTRIORCHIS Sharpe (1875). 
Type by monotypy Falco vadiatus Lath. 
Wing about equal to tail, the latter moderately 
graduated ; ridge of bill (without cere) less than 
half length of middle toe (without claw). Size of 
Buteo. 
126. Erythrotriorchis radiatus radiatus! (Lath.), E.C., N. and 
Ind. Orn. Suppl., p. xii. (1801) [N.S.Wales.|  N.W. 
Red Buzzard. Australia. 
Wing ¢ 355-366, 2 405-422 mm. ; plumage 
above and below bright rufous, with black 
centres ; tail ashy, tipped with pale rufous, 
1 E. vadiatus rufotibia is a synonym, and E. r. queenslandicus appears to be 
indistinguishable. 
