AVES FALCONIDvE. 67 1 



Adult female. P. U. O. C. 7897. Punta Arenas, Chili, 12 December, 

 1897. J. B. Hatcher, collector. Or. No. 13. (This is a bird in worn 

 breeding dress just after the nesting season, W. E. D. S.) 



Head : Much like that of adult male in color and markings ; there is 

 a greater amount of chestnut on the crown in the particular bird under 

 consideration. Sides of the face essentially as in the adult male. 



Neck: Very similar to that region in the adult male ; the lower throat 

 is streaked with narrow markings of ashy brown. 



Back: Interscapular region barred evenly black and dull cinnamon; 

 lower back immaculate cinnamon ; upper tail-coverts nearly clear cinnamon, 

 or with a few subterminal blackish markings. 



Ctrchtuis cixnamomima, foot of female, natural size. 



Tail: Dull cinnamon, barred narrowly with from twelve to fourteen 

 cross bars and a broader subterminal black band, the tips of the rcctrices 

 being broadly dull cinnamon. The barring is somewhat obscured and 

 the cinnamon ground lighter on the lower surface of the tail. 



Wing: The upper wing-coverts like the interscapular region, evenly 

 barred black and dull cinnamon ; otherwise the wing is much like that of 

 the adult male. 



Lower parts whitish, the lower neck and throat narrowly and the rest 



