CARACARAS. 



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feathers have a lightish ground, marked with narrow brown bars for the greater 

 part of their length, but near the end show a broad blackish band tipped with 

 white. The iris of the large eye is greyish brown, the beak is bluish white at the 

 base, becoming lighter at the tip ; the cere and a bare space round the eye are 

 orange tinged with red ; and the feet are pale yellow. In young birds the top of 

 the head and cheeks are dark brown : the sides and back of the neck brown with 



FALKLAND ISLAND AND CHIMACHIMA CARACARAS {\ liat. size). 



yellowish white streaks ; the feathers of the back brown, Avith straw-coloured or 

 fulvous margins; and the feathers of most of the under-parts ochrcy coloured, with 

 brown margins in the region of the chest, whereby a general striped appearance is 

 produced. The chimango (/. chimango) of the southern portion of South America 

 and Tierra del Fuego, differs by having the under-parts and under wing-coverts of 

 a brownish ochre-colour in tlie adult ; the feathers of the under surface of the 

 body having dark brown shaft stripes. 



Writing of the habits of these birds, which he collectively designates carrion- 



