40 



Jjurgcf ; k'ligtli '^ 20.75, wing 14 in. ; plumage 

 above brownish black, with nifescent 

 margins ; below white, spotted longitudinally 

 with brown ; wings and tail above banded 

 alternately with broAvnish -black and greyish- 

 brown. 

 127. MegafriorcJiis dorke Salvad. & D'Alb., Ann. 8.E. New 

 Mns. Civ. Genov. vii., p. 85 (1875). \Yule Gninea. 



Dor i a "s Bn zz,a r d -Ha wk . 



Gen. XXIX. HETEROSPIZIAS Sharpe (1874). 



Nostrils round, with large tubercular process ; 

 wings reaching up to or beyond tail ; tail 

 about equal to twice tarsus. 



►Si^e of Buleo: length 224, wing 18. 8,, 5^ 20, wing 

 1().5 in. ; head and shoulders rufous ; mantle 

 a.nd scapulars ]iale sla,te grey with rufous 

 margins ; rump and tail purplish black, tail 

 A\ith a, median white bar and white tips ; 

 below rufous with uairow obsolete black bars 

 on lireasl 

 12(S. Helerospizias meridionalls (Lath.), hid. Orn.. S. Auierica- 



1., ]). 3b (1700). \Ca.ije:rme.\ (Colombia to 



ilcd-winged Hawk. 8.E. Brazil, 



Paraguay and 

 Argentina). 



iWn. XXX. GERANOAETUS Kaup (1844). 



Size nnich htrgei- than Buteo ; tail proportionately 

 shorter, and wings proportiotiately longer. 



Length(5^28,$31, wing23.7, tail 11.5in ; slaty- 

 black, with the shoulde)' grey, finely barred 

 with blackish ; abdouieu and under wing and 

 tail-coverts greyish wliite. MucIa' baried with 

 lilackish. 

 120. dcnnxxKiKs iiidanok'aca.s (Vieill.), N. Diet. Colotubia 



d'Hisl. Xal., xxxii., p.. 57, 1819 [Paraf///r/.//|. to Chile and 

 Ciiiliaii I<]agle. Patagonia. 



Gen. XXX r. BCTEO Lacep. (17!)!)). 



('ere laj-ge ; nostrils oval ^y\\h no tubercle; 

 wings moderately long. \hv .'hd to 5th ([uills 

 longest, the first 3 to 5 emarginate or notched 

 on inner webs; tarsus short, strong, usually 

 scaled, and feathcj'cd in front for a varying 

 distance. tSize usuall}- under 24 in. 



