ao 
Wing @ 392 mm.; tail uniform rufous, 
with one very narrow sub-terminal band ; 
flanks and thighs lhght rufous; juv., tail 
barred, and fens and thighs sparsely 
barred with rufous. 
V 1438. Buteo borealis wmbrinus Bangs, Pr. New S. Florida, 
Engl. Zool. Cl. 11., p. 67 (1901). [Myakka, Bahamas, 
WGHGEEE CO. “Eloniad, type i MC Z..., Cuba. 
Harvard. | 
Florida Red-tail. 
Size of b. borealis borealis (wing 3 376-392, 
2 420-430 mm. ), but darker above ; throat 
and middle of belly with broad conspicuous 
striping and banding of deep chocolate 
brown ;_ tail feathers rufous, with broad 
sub-terminal black band and dark brown 
markings (remains of bands) near shaft. 
143h. buveo borealis jamaicensis (Gmel.), S.N., Jamaica. 
p. 266 (1788).  [Jamaica.| San Domingo? 
Jamaica Red-tail. Porto Rico ? | 
Wing 3 330-345, 2 352-373 mm. ; above 
sooty brownish with purplish gloss and 
ferruginous edgings ; tail ferruginous red, 
with sub-terminal black band ; wing quills 
rich brown, barred with black; below 
white tinged buff; throat streaked with 
dusky, chest more thickly with ferruginous; 
a dusky zone across abdomen ;. thighs 
barred terruginous. 
1 B. tropicalis Verrillis a synonym, described from an immature San Domingo 
bird. 
