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Genus PARABUTEO, Bidgw. 

 Parabuteo unicinctus (Temm.). 



(Plate IX. fig. 2.) 



Erythrocnema unicincta, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 8-5 (1874) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 3 (1899). 

 Anterior unicinctus, Sol. fy Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 63 (1889) ; James, 



Neio List Chilian Birds, p. 7 (1892) ; -con Iheriny, Rev. Mus. Paulista, 



iv. p. 270 (1900). 

 Parabiiteo unicinctus, Sharpe, Hand-l \. p. 247 (1899). 



The eggs of the One-banded Buzzard-Hawk are of a regular oval 

 shape, rather rough in texture, without gloss, and dull white. The 

 majority of the eggs are plain, but occasionally a specimen is very 

 sparingly marked with yellowish brown. They measure from 2 to 

 2'2 in length, and from 1-5 to 1-7 in breadth. 



2. Chile. Old Collection. 



2. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 



2. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 



2. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 



2. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 



Parabuteo harrisi (Audub.). 



Morphnus unicinctus, Brewer, N. Amer. Ool. pt. i. p. 60, pi. ii. figs. 20 & 



21 (1856). ^ 

 Parabuteo unicinctus, var. harrisi, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. 



Birds, iii. p. 250 (1874) ; Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, 



i. p. 202, pi. vi. figs. 3 & 4 (1892). 



Erythrocnema unicincta, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 85, part. (1874). 

 Parabuteo harrisi, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 247 (1899). 



No difference can be detected between the eggs of Harris's Buzzard- 

 Hawk and those of P. unicinctus. Five examples measure respectively : 

 2-07 by 1-6 ; 2-1 by 1-6; 2-2 by 1'55; 2-15 by 1-6 ; 2-08 by 1-6. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. North America (Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Texas, 24th March (A. L. Heermann). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus MELIERAX, Gray. 



Melierax canorus (Ri&lach). 



Falco musicus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xliv, fig. 8 (1845-54). 

 Melierax canorus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 87 (1874) ; id. ed. Layard, 



Birds S. Africa, p. 17 (1875-84) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 4 



(1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 247 (1899). 



The eggs of the Chanting Goshawk are very broad ovals, smooth 

 in texture, with no gloss, and plain white. Four examples measure 



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