SYNOPTICAL LIST 



OF THE 



ACCIPITRES 



(DIURNAL BIRDS OF PREY) 



PART III. 



Gen. LIII. HERPETOTHERES Vieill. (1817). 



Tarsus bare on lower portion, reticulated in front ; 

 bill with upper mandible slightly festooned ; nostrils 

 circular with osseous margins ; wings short. 



Length (J (Ecuador) 16 in. ; wing 10.25 ; tail 

 8 in. ; $ wing 11-11.20 in. ; above brown ; 

 head crested, crown huffish white with brown 

 shaft streaks ; hind part of face and broad 

 nuchal band black ; fore cheek, side of neck, 

 collar round hind neck and entire under parts 

 huffish white ; upper tail-coverts creamy buff ; 

 tail dark brown, with 4 creamy buff bands in 

 the form of pairs of oval spots not extending 

 quite across webs. 

 206. Herpetotheres cachinnans cachinnans (Linn.), 

 S.N., i., p. 90 (1758). [" America meridioyialis " 

 = type loc. subst. Surinam Berlepsch.] 

 Laughing Hawk. 



Smaller and more richly coloured ; below 

 nearly uniform deeper buff ; head deeper 

 buff ; wing (J 10 in. 

 206a. Herpetotheres cachinnans fulvescens Chapm., 

 Bull. Am. Mus. N.H., xxxiv., p. 638 (1915). 

 [Alto Bonito, R. Sucio, W. Colomb.] 



[Not seen.] 

 206b. Herpetotheres cachinnans chapmani Bangs & 

 Penard, Bull. M.C.Z., Ixii., pp. 25- (1918). 



From Bolivia 

 and Paraguay 

 N. to South 

 Mexico. 



W. Colombia, 

 (Pacific side 

 of Andes), 



Mexico. 



