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156. Asturina nitida nitida (Lath.), Ind. Orn 

 p. 41 (1790). [Cayenne']. 

 Shining Buzzard -Hawk, 



[Not seen.] 

 156a. Asturina nitida pallida Todd, Proc. Biol. Soc, 

 Wash., xxviii., p. 170 (1915). 



Above ashy-grey without white bars; head and 

 nape lighter ; tail with whitish band across 

 middle with remains of another nearer base, 

 below banded as-^. n. nitida, except on breast, 

 which is ashy-grey with black shaft stripes. 

 157. Asturina plagiata Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, i., 

 Asturinee, p. 1 (1862), [Vera Cruz]. 

 Mexican Goshawk. 



S.E. Brazil, 

 Amazonia, 

 Guiana, 

 Colombia to 

 Panama. 



Bolivia. 



Costa Rica, 

 N. to S. 

 Arizona and 

 Lower Rio 

 Grande 

 Valley. 



Gen. XXXV. RUPORNLS Kaup (1844). 



Feet and claws much smaller and weaker. 

 Size rather smaller than Asturina. 



Length (J 14. wing 8.70 in. ; above pale ashy- 

 grey ; tail light ashy with 3 broad bands of 

 black ; inner webs of wing quills rufous, 

 barred with black, outer webs and tips ashy 

 brown ; below white, barred with pale 

 rufous or rufous ashy, the chest and throat 

 nearly uniform. 

 158. Eupornis magnirostris magnirostris (Gmel.j, 

 S.N., i., p. 282 (1788). [Catjenne]. 

 Larse -billed Hawk. 



[Not seen.] 

 158a. Rupornis magnirostris occidus Bangs, Pr. Biol. 

 Soc, Wash., xxiv., p. 187 (1911). [Rio 

 Tembopata.] 

 Bangs 's Hawk. 



Above browner ; tail with interspaces ashy. 

 158b. Rupornis magnirostris griseicauda Ridgw., Pr. 

 15^. t!^. ^YL., xvi., p. 47, (1873) [Mexico ?] 



Bos. Soc 



Guiana, 

 Venezuela, 

 Colombia, 

 Peru, Lesser 

 Antilles. 



Peru . 



Mexico to 

 Guatemala 



and N. 

 Nicaragua 



