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Gen. LXVIII. LOPHOICTINIA Kaup (1847). 



Head crested ; bill moderate, the tip not prolonged ; 

 tail even. 



Length 19 ; wing 18 in. ; above blackish 

 brown, wing-coverts paler and slightly rufous 

 with dark centres ; wing quills and tail dark 

 brown, externally greyish, banded with 

 black, the subterminal band very broad ; 

 head dull rufous, and forehead, cheeks and 

 throat whitish, with black centre streaks ; 

 ear -coverts grey ; below rufous ; chest with 

 broad black centres to all the feathers, 

 becoming narrow shaft -streaks below ; cere 

 and feet greyish white ; tip of bill blackish. 

 243. Lophoictinia isura (Gould), Syn. Bds. Austr., Australia, 

 pt. iii., pi. 47 (1838). [New S. Wales.] E. & W. 



Square -tailed Kite. 



Gen. LXIX. ROSTRHAMUS Less. (1830). 



Head not crested ; bill very long and slender, the 

 upper mandible hooked almost into a sickle-shape, 

 the cutting edges not festooned ; nostrils narrow 

 ovals, horizontal ; tail about half as long as wing, 

 nearly even. 



Length ad. 13.5; wing 11.7 in.; general 

 colour lead grey, the wings blackish ; tail 

 grey with a broad terminal band of black ; 

 cere, lores, gape and feet orange yellow ; bill 

 black ; iris red. 

 244. Rostrhamus sociabilis (VieilL), N.D., xviii., 

 p. 318 (1817). [S. America : Corrientes et 

 Bio de la Plata.] 

 Everglade Kite. 



Larger and blacker ; length ad. 18 ; wing 

 14.1 in. ; entirely slaty black, with a brownish 

 shade on wings ; base of tail and upper and 

 under coverts white ; tail black, tipped with 

 white, with a subterminal bar of ashy brown ; 

 bill black ; cere and feet yellow. 



S. America 

 from 



Argentina 

 and Peru to 

 Colombia ; 

 Central 

 America, 

 E. Mexico ; 

 Cuba and 

 Florida. 



