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inner branches, whence it darts out in typical accipiter fashion. One 

 was seen feeding on a mockingbird, Mimus gilvus melanopteriLS, 

 while another struck a full-grown yellow-headed parrot (Ama2ona 

 ochrocephala ochrocephala), pet of the collector, and carried the 

 protesting parrot about fifty feet from its perch before releasing it. 

 The birds were not weighed, but the parrot probably weighed more 

 than the hawk. 



Heterospizias meridionalis tneridionalis (Latham) 



Falco meridionalis Latham, Index ornithologicus, vol. 1, 1790, p. 36 (Cayenne). 



To the data previously recorded by us may now be added some 

 definite breeding observations. 



Two nests of this hawk were found each about 25 feet up in spiny 

 trees in semiopen fields, and both at Cantaura. The nest found 

 March 30, 1950, was large and well built, as if it had been used for 

 many years. It contained one young, almost ready to fly, which 

 gave a whistle similar to but weaker than the adult call. The parents 

 were never seen. The second nest, found on October 30, 1951, was 

 much smaller; it was well constructed and contained one half -grown 

 young. One parent bird remained lq the vicinity of the nest, calling 

 as the collector approached, but did not offer to attack. 



Buteo albicaudatus colonus Berlepsch 



Buteo albicaudatus colonus Berlepsch, Journ. Orn., vol. 40, 1892, p. 91 (Island of 

 Curagao). 



No further examples of this hawk were taken, but one was seen on 

 April 12, 1952, feeding on a blue-winged teal (Anas discors), possibly 

 one that had been wounded by hunters. 



Buteo albonotatus abbreviatus Gabanis 



Buteo abbreviatus Cabanis, in Schomburgk, Reisen im Britisch-Guiana . . . , pt. 

 3, 1848, p. 739 (upper Pomeroon River, British Guiana). 



Since our earlier report, the collector added this hawk to the fauna 

 known to breed in the study area. A nest was found at San Mateo, 

 Anzoategui, on May 1, 1950. It was well constructed, and was 

 placed about 40 feet up in a tall tree in the deciduous woods. It 

 contained at least one young, rather large, but still covered with 

 grayish down. One of the parent bu'ds at the nest protested closer 

 examination with a typical Buteo-like, whistled scream. 



Hypomorphnus urubitinga urubitinga (Gmelin) 



Falco Urubitinga Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 1, 1788, p. 265 (Brazil). 



Additional observations were made on this hawk. Usually it was 

 very quiet, but on January 12, 1952, three were observed soaring 

 together and uttering a rapidly repeated whistle very similar to that of 

 the osprey Pandion haliaetus but somewhat weaker. 



