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O. Salvin. 

 Dr. Sartorius. 



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 McLeaunan. 



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Other specimens examined. — la mus. PMlad. Acad., 2 ; Am. Mus., N. Y., 1 ; G. N. Law- 

 rence, 2; total, 10. 



Measurements. 



Sex. 



"Wing. 



Tail. 



Culmen. 



Tarsus. 



Middle toe. 



No. of spec' 

 iraens. 



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12.00 

 14. 25-14. 85 



9.25 

 9. 25-9. 50 



1.05 

 1.05 



2.85 

 3. 30-3. 40 



1.55 

 1. 60-1. 65 



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 2 



LEUCOPTERNIS PALLIATUS. - 



Buteo poUonotns Gray, Jjist Accip. 1844,17; (no description!); Hand List, i, 1869,8. — 

 Kaup, Isis, 1847, 212.— Stkickl. Oru. Syu. i, 1855,37. 

 Leueopternis polionofa, Kaup, Isis, 1847, 212. — Bonap. Consp. i, 19. 



FaJco palliatus Natt. MS. unde 



Leueopternis palliata Pelz. Sitz. Ak, Wien, xliv, 1861, 11 ; Verli. Zool.-Bot. Ges. 

 Wien, 1862, 141,184 ; Ueb. Falk. 1862, 7 (Brazil); Oru. Bras. 1871, 3.— Scl. & 

 Salv. Ex, Orn. vii, 1868, pi. xlix ; Nom. Av. Neotrop. 1873, 119.— S^ixv. Ibis, 

 1872, 242. 

 TJrubitinga palliata Sharpe Cat. Ace. B. M. 1874, 218. 

 Asturina melanonota ^cm.. Mus. P.-B. Asturiute 1862,10, (uotof Vieill. !) ; Rev. 1873, 

 103. 



Hah. — Southeastern Brazil (Scl. and Sal v.) ; Maceo, Amazonia (Mus. 

 CoMP. ZooL., No. 7219). 



Wing, 14.25-16.50; tail, 8.00-9.00; culmen, 1.05; Ml from tip to 

 rictus, 1.60-1.80 ; tarsus, 3.50-3.80. Adult : — Head, neck, eatire lower 

 parts, and terminal one-tbird to one-half the tail continuous pure white; 

 upper parts (except head and neck), includiDg basal half or two-thirds 

 of the tail, dark plumbeous or plumbeous-black ; scapulars, secondaries, 

 and inner primaries tipped with white; dorsal feathers transversely 

 variegated with white beneath the surface; inner webs of primaiies and 

 rectrices pale ashy or white, transversely barred with darker. 



"Cere pale yellow; feet pale orange-yellow; claws black; iris not 

 very dark brown." — (Natteree, Jide Sharpe, I. c.) 



LEUCOPTERNIS LACERNULATA 



Falco lace7-nulatHs Temm. PI. Col. 1, 1827,437. 



JButeo lacerniiJatus Cuv. Reg. An. ed. 2, i, 1829, 337.— Less. Tr. Orn. 82.— Gr.^Y, 



Gen. fol. sp. 16; List B. Brit. Mus. 17. — Stkickl. Oru. Syu. 1, 1855,3.4. 

 Leueopternis lacernulata Bonap. Cousp. i, 1850,19. 

 Urubitinga lacernulata Sharpe, Cat. Ace. B. M. 1874,218. 

 Falco sl-otopferus Max. Beitr. iii, 1830, 204. 



Buteo scotojitcrus BuRM. Syst. Ueb. ii, 51 ; Thiere Bras, ii, 1856,51. — Gr.4Y, List 

 B.Brit. Mns. 1848, 38;'liaud List, i, lti69, 8.— Strickl. Oru. Syu. i, 1655,34. 



