548 CLASS xvi. 



PI. col 44, DESMUBS PI. peint. PI. 13, 14 (Pernis torquata and ruficollis 

 LESS.) ; Java, Sumatra. (In the stomach of this species also hymenopterous 

 insects have been found.) 



Note. Here are to be inserted sub-genera Hyptiopus HODGS. 

 (Baza ejusd. [previously), Lophotes LESSON, Avicida SWAINS., on 

 which cons. GRAY Gener. of Birds, I. 23. Upper mandible with 

 two small teeth before the tip. 



Sp. Pernis lophotes, Falco lophotes Cuv., TEMM. PI. col. 10; the East Indies. 



Cymindis Cuv. (and Rosihramus LESS.!) Bill compressed, 

 arched ; upper mandible with tip hooked, produced. Nostrils small, 

 narrow, basal. Wings long, with third and fourth quills longest 

 of all. Tarsi plumed above on the anterior surface. Toes long. 



t Tail long, rounded. Tarsi short. 



Sp. Cymindis cayennensis, Falco cayennensis GM., BUFF. PI. enl. 473, TEMM. 

 PI. col. 204, 270; Cymindis uncinatus, Falco uncinatus ILLIG., Cymin- 

 dis cuculoides SWAINS., TEMM. PL col. 103, 104, 105. 



*M* Tail even, moderate. Tarsi elongate, scutellate anteriorly below the . 

 plumes. 



Sp. Cymindis hamatus, Falco hamatus ILLIG., Rosthramus niger LESS., 

 TEMM. PL col. 61, 231, LAFBESN., GUEB. Magas. de Zool. 1834, PI. 20. 

 (Species all from South America.) 



Buteo BECHST. Bill short, curved, with tip hooked, margin of 

 upper mandible sinuate. Nostrils oval, transverse. Wings long, 

 with third and fourth quills subequal, longest of all. Tail mode- 

 rate, even or subrounded. Tarsi long; toes short. 



Archibuteo BREHM. Tarsi hirsutely feathered in front to the 

 base of toes. 



Sp. Buteo lagopus, Falco lagopus BBUNNICH (Ornithologia borealis, Hafnise, 

 1764, 8vo, p. 4), NAUM. Taf. 34, SUSEM. Vb'g. Eur. Taf. 34; from the 

 North of Europe and Siberia; the rough-legged buzzard; an occasional 

 visitant in England, visits the Netherlands in the autumn and often 

 remains over the winter. Buteo Sancti Johannis, Falco Sancti Johannis 

 GM., WILS. Am. Ornith. n. Tab. 53, fig. i, 2, 83, (p. 54) fig. i, Faun, 

 bor. Am., Birds, PI. 28 ; from North America, often confounded with the 

 preceding species. BONAPABTE refers also to this species Falco fewugineus 

 LICHTENST., GBAY Gen. PI. vi. 



Buteo BREHM. Tarsi covered anteriorly with a row of transverse 

 scutella. 



