i''Aix'()Xiijj': — TiiK l>"ALcu^^s. -I'rr. 



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within our borders, to tliu warm valley of the (iila and the Lower Colorado. 

 We ])o.ssess no iuturiuatidii in ri'ganl to any distinctixe wjiecitie haliil.s it 

 may possess. This species was tirst deserilied Ijy Dr. Selater Irom a Guate- 

 malan specin; ni. 



The bird dcseribeil as /I. (i/lniiiutii/ns is presumed to he identical with this 

 species. It was oljserved hy .Mr. Salvin on the soutliein slope ol" tlie Cor- 

 dillera, in Cuatemala, which appears to he the true hal)itat ol' this species, 

 but even there it cannot lie said to lie common. He states that, like many 

 others of its class, it is a leeder on beetles and locusts. 



Buteo lineatus, (Jmllfx. 



Var. liiieatuN. Omklin 

 RED-SHOULDEBED HAWK. 



Falco lineatus, Gmei.. Syst. Nut. [>. -MS, 17f<ii. — I.atii. Iiul. Oni. p. 27, 1790 ; Syn. 1, ."iC, 

 sp. 36, 1781 ; Oi-n. Hist. I, ^08, 1821. — Kaid. Tr. Oni. II, 1,".8, ISno. — Sii.vv, 

 Zool. VII, 153, 1812. —Wii.s. .\iii. Orii. pi. liii, f. 3, 1S08. — Ari). Oiii. Bioj,'. I, 

 2!t6, 1831 ; Syn. p. 7, 183"J. CrviKi:, lii'g. Aiiiiii. «1. 2, I, 334, 182!i. JJiili'u linrtitKs, 

 .I.uiii. (Wii.s.) Am. Orii. II, 29(1, 1832. — Am. .Syn. j). 7, 183!t. — Hnr.WKi;, (Wn.s.) 

 Am. Oni. (i84, 1»;.2. — ('assin, Biiils Cal. & Tc.\. Syii. !i!», l^r>4 ; llinls X. Am. 18,')8, 

 28. — BoNAr. C'omp. Av. p. 19, 18r)0. — Kaup, Web. Falk. Mils. Sciuk. ISl;"), p. 2U1.— 

 Stuickl. Oni. Syn. 1, 3n, 18.^0. -Miikwki!, Oiilngy, 1857, 28, pi. iii, f. 25. — Max. Cab. 

 Journ. VI, 1858, 19. — (ii;AY, Hand Li.st, I, 7, 1809. Poa-thplcnii.i lineatus, Kati', 

 Moil. Fnl. Cont. Oni. p. 7ii, 1850. Fulai Iuii'ihhHh, (!.mi:i.. Sy.st. Nat. 274, 1789.— 

 L.\T11. Ind. Oni. 35, 1790; Syn. I, 79, .sii. 02, 1781 ; (icn. Hist. I, p. 91. — Daid. 

 Tr. Oin. II, 110, 1800. — Sii.vw, Zoiil. VII, 153, 1S12. — \Vo..s. Am. Oin. pi. 35, 

 fig. I, 1808. — BdNAi'. Ann. Lye. N. Y. II, 33 ; Isis, p. 1138, 1832. — Ari>. 15. Am pi. 

 ivi, 71, 1831 ; Orn. lUog. I, 3l)4, 1831. /'. Iiiiriadlin, var. I.atii. Ind. Oiii. Siipp. p. 

 8, 1801 ; Syn. Snpji. II, 39, 1802. Vi)xus /ii/inualin, Vikii.l. Ois. Am. Sept. pi. vii, 

 1S07. — Jame.s. Wils. Am. Orn. I, 88 k 87, 1808. Jl. Ii(/cm(tlis, iA:ss. Tr. Orn. p. 81, 

 l,s;31. _ l?(iNAi'. Kur. & X. Am. 15. p. 3, 1838. Jslur lijicnudin, ,Iai;i). AVila. Oin. II, 

 72, 1808. — ViKM.i.. KiK'. M('tli. Ill, 1273, 1823. A7s«.s' hiinmilis, Civ. licg. An. cd. 2, 

 1, 334, 1829. ISul'u J'usais, ViKll.l,. Ois. Am. Sc))t. pi. v, 1,S07. Ashir fusnis, 

 liiiNAI'. Oss. Cuv. Reg. An. p. 37, 1830. Falm buUuidcs, NriT. Man. I, 100, 1832. 

 liii/i-o coiijicii (not of Cassin), Al.l.KX, Am. Nat. Ill, 18U9, 518 (young of /?. lineatus.') 



Sp. CuAii. Adult male (:!2,.")0'J, Wa.-;liiiinton, 1). C , Jannaiy). Head, neck, iuul inici-- 

 scapnlars deep nil'ons (above becoming darker posteriorly), each li'alher with a medial 

 .otripe of blackish-brown. Throat and cheeks almost destitute of nifoiis tinge, the ground 

 being dull white. — the dusky forming an indistinct " musiache," and an ini|ierfect, tibso- 

 lete collar (formed by confluent, or sull'used streaks), acro.s.s the throat. IJreast, sides. 

 abdomen, and tibiiu rather light rufous, becoming jialer posteriorly; breast with shaft- 

 streaks of lilaekish; the rul'ons of sides of breast almo.st unvaried; abdomen, sides, and 

 middle of the breast, with transvei-se bars of ochraceous white; tibiu; unilbrni pale ochra- 

 ceou.s; anal region and lower tail-eoverts. immaculate white. Lesser wing-coverts cliest- 

 nnt-rufoius, feathers with black shafl-sti-caks, these becoming l.irger posteriorly; sea|)ulars 

 and middle wing-coverts edged broadly with rul'ous. and olisoletcly spotted on inner webs 

 with white.- — this .somewhat exposed : secondaries dai'k clear brown, tipped and ci-ossed 

 with two (exposed) bands of white ; primaries lilack, fading at tips into dilute grayi.sh- 



