40 



Larger ; length $ 26.75, wing 14 in. ; plumage 

 above brownish black, with rufescent 

 margins ; below white, spotted longitudinally 

 with brown ; wings and tail above banded 

 alternately with brownish -black and greyish - 

 brown. 



127. Megatriorchis dorice . Salvad. & D"Alb., Ann. S.E. New 

 Mus. Civ. Genov. vii., p. 85 (1875). [Yule Guinea. 

 Island.] 



Doria's Buzzard -Hawk. 



Gen. XXIX. HETEK08P1ZIAS Sharpe (1874). 



Nostrils round, with large tubercular process ; 

 wings reaching up to or beyond tail ; tail 

 about equal to twice tarsus. 



Size of Biiteo: length 224, wing 18.3, (J 20, wing 

 1(3.5 in. ; head and shoulders rufous ; jnantle 

 and scapulars pale slate grey with rufous 

 margins ; rump and tail purplish black, tail 

 with a median white bar and white tips ; 

 below rufous with narrow obsolete black bars 

 on breast. 



128. Helerospizias yneridionalis (Lath.), Ind. Orn., 8. America 

 1., p. 30 (1790). [Cayenne] (Colombia to 

 Red-winged Hawk. S.E. Brazil, 



'O' 



Paraguay and 

 Argentina). 



Gen. XXX. GEKANOAETUS Kaup (1844). 



Size much larger than Buteo ; tail proportionately 

 shorter, and wings proportionately longer. 



LengthcJ 28, ? 31 , wing 23.7, tail 1 1 .5 in ; slaty- 

 black, with the shoulder grey, finely barred 

 with blackish; abdomen and under wing and 

 tail-coverts greyish Avhite, finely barred Avith 

 blackish. 

 12U. Geranoaetd'S mdanokticini (Vieill.), N. Diet. Colombia 



d'Hist. Nat., xxxii., p. 57, 1819 [Paraguay], to Chile and 

 Chilian Eagle. Patagonia. 



Gen. XXXI. BUTEO Lacep. (1799). 



Cere large; nostrils oval with ]io tubercle; 

 wings moderately long, the 3rd to 5th quills 

 longest, the first 3 to 5 emarginale or notched 

 on inner webs; tarsus short, strong, usually 

 scaled, and feathered in front for a varying 

 distance. Size usually under 24 in. 



