BUTEOLA. — ASTURIXA. 237 



round the eve covered with short hair-like shafts ; sides of face 

 and sides of neck brown ; throat and entire under surface, 

 including the axillaries and under wing-coverts, white. " Bill 

 blue-black ; feet light orange ; iris brown." 



Total length 355 mm., culmen (including the cere) 27, wing 285, 

 tail 136, tarsus 57, middle toe and claw 48. 



Adult female. Similar in the colour of the plumage to the adult 

 male, but laroer. Wino; 310 mm. 



This species, which was recorded in British Guiana by Mr. 

 J. J. Quelch, is not represented in the McConnell collection, and 

 the descriptions are taken from individuals in the British Museum. 

 The male bird was collected at Para bv E. L. Layard, on the 

 27tli of December, 1872, and the female at Tilotilo, Province 

 Yungas, Bolivia, by C Buckley — Salvin-Godman collection. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Xest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Unknown. 



Extralimital Range. South America to South Brazil, (_'entral 

 America, and Florida. 



Habits. Mr. J. J. Quelch (Timehri [2) vi. pp. 159 & 160) 

 remarks on this species as follows : — "The small. White-fronted 

 Buzzard, Buteola bracJu/ura. This is the first record of this 

 species from the Colony. It does not seem to occur commonly on 

 the coast, being apparently distributed along the bushy margins 

 of the rivers and creeks in the interior."' 



Genus ASTITRINA Vieill. 



Asturina Yieillot, Anal. nouv. Orn. p. 24, 1816. Type -4. ciuprea Vieill. 



In this genus the wings do not reach to the end of the tail, the 

 latter being more than twice the length of tlie tarsus, and the 

 nostrils oval with indistinct and concealed tubercle at base of 

 upper margin. 



152. Asturina nitida. 



Shining Buz7.ard-Hawk. 



Falco nidihis Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 41, 1790 fCaj'cnnc). 

 Asturina nititUi Cab. in Scliomb. Kcis. Guiana, ill. p. 737, 184S ; Sliarpe, 

 Cat. B. IJrit. Mus. i. p. 20;{, 1S74 (Donit-rani; ; Salvin, Ibis, ISSO, 



