AVES FALCON1D/C. 625 



Asturina melanoleuca, Schl. Mus. Pays Bas II. Asturinae, p. 5 (1862: 



Patagonia). 



Bitteo mclanolettcus, Sharpc, Cat B. Brit Mus. I. p. 168 (1874: Rio 

 Negro: Eastern- Patagonia); Oust Miss. Scicnt Cap Horn, Oiseaux, 

 I'P 35- 3 2 4 ('891 : Santa Cruz, Sept : Salinas, Dec. : Delgada Point, 

 June); Gosse in Fitzger. Highest Andes, App. C. p. 343 (1899: Inca, 

 breeding) ; Martens, Hamb. Magalh. Sammelr. p. 5 (1900: Patagonia: 

 Ticrra del Fuego). 

 GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 



Size. Adult male, No. 8992, P. U. O. C. ; Chubut, Patagonia, July, 

 1896. Collector, Museo de La Plata. 

 Total length, about 28.00 inches. 

 U'ing, 21.0 inches. 

 Culmcn, 2.3 inches. 

 Tail, 10.5 inches. 

 Tarsus, 4.2 inches. 



Fie. 314. 



B*t<o ntdanolfufus. Adult female. One-half natural size. 



Color. Adult male cited. 



General color : Above, smoky blue-black ; below, ashy on the throat, a 

 broad band of smoky blue-black on the chest and breast, rest of under 

 surface pure white, with faint line-like barring of ashy brown. 



Head : Whole top of head and crown smoky blue-black ; the lores and 

 sides of the face ashy, with fine hair-like lines of blackish, and the ear- 

 coverts ashy, shaded with smoky blue-black. The bases of all the feathers 



