106 A. von Pelzeln on Birds in 



118. Gypohierax angolensis (Gmel.). (152.) 



Angola Vulture, Pennant, Tour in Wales, 228, t. 19 ; Lath. 

 Gen. Synops. i. 18. 14. 



Falco angolensis, Gmel. Syst. i. 252. 



Vultur angolensis, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. 7. 17; Shaw, Mus. 

 Lever, iv. p. 153, pi. 



According to Latham this bird was described by Pennant 

 from the fine collection of birds at Bryn y Pys, the seat of 

 Richard Parry Price, Esq. There were two of them, which 

 came from Angola. They were, says he, " very restless and 

 querulous, and more active than is usual with this sluggish 

 race." These, Latham continues, " are now finely preserved 

 in the Leverian Museum;" and it seems that the specimen 

 bought by Herr von Fichtel is one of these birds, and perhaps 

 the type of Shaw's figure. Our individual agrees pretty well 

 with Latham's and Shaw's descriptions and the figure ; but the 

 great remiges are white, as represented in Shaw's plate, and 

 not black tipped with white, as erroneously described by La- 

 tham and Shaw. 



-y- *119. Ibycter formosus (Lath.). (269.) 



Red-throated Falcon, female, Latham, Gen. Synops. Suppl. 

 26. 82 (nee t. 9. f. 82). 



Falco formosus, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. 38. 92 (solum femina). 



Ibycter formosus (Lath.), Pelzeln, Uebers. Geier u. Falken, 

 1862, 13. 



It is possible that this is the specimen described by Latham 

 (Syn. Suppl.), which came under his inspection among a col- 

 lection of birds brought from Cayenne. 



120. Buteo lineatus (Gmel.). (36.) 



Our specimen agrees in general with Latham's description 

 of his Barred-breasted Buzzard (Gen. Syn. i. 56. 36), which 

 is taken from a bird in the Mus. Lever. ; but there are not 

 two but five white bars on the rectrices, and the unspotted 

 space of the quills measures only 1^". 



*121. Ictinia plumbea (Lath.). (255.) 

 Spotted-tailed Hobby, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. 106. 92. 

 Falco plumbeus , Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. 49. 118. 



