64 CLASS AVES. 



Banded-sided Hawk. F. Pterocles, Temm. pi. col. 

 t. 59, 139 jun. 



Slate-coloured ; beneath white ; sides of the belly 

 and flanks transversely waved with rufous ; tail white, 

 with a black subterminal bar. Brazil. Length 

 16 — 17 inches. 



Spotted Buzzard. F. poecilonotus, Cuv. 

 pi. col. t. 9. 



White ; wings black, white spotted ; tail with a black 

 band, its base and tip white ; bill black ; legs yellow. 

 Guiana. 



Short-tailed Falcon. Falco ecaudatus. Lath. ; Le 

 Batteleur, Le Vail. O. A. t. 7, 8. 



. Head, neck, and beneath black ; back and tail deep 

 rufous ; scapulars dusky, varied with gray ; quills 

 silver gray; tail very short. Cape of Good Hope. 

 Larger than the osprey. 



Whitish Buzzard, F. albidus, Cuv. pi. col. t. 29. 



Crested ; feathers deep brown, white spotted and tipt ; 

 tail three banded ; head and lower parts white ; head 

 and back of neck spotted ; breast and belly streaked, 

 and thighs banded with brown. Pondicherry. 

 Twenty-six inches. Has some affinity to Cymindis. 



Mantled Buzzard, F. palliatus, Marg. Cuv. pi. col. 

 t. 204. 



Feathers above dark brown, red edged ; quill finely 

 black banded ; tail four black banded ; head and 

 lower part white, obscurely striated ; occipital streak 

 black ; tarsi hid . Brazil. Nineteen inches. 



