Plate LXXXIX. 



ASTUPiINA PUCHERANL 



(PFCHEEAN'S BUZZAED-HAWX). 



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Esparvero indaye 

 Astur magniroslris 

 Nims magnvrostris 

 Astwina pucherani 

 Faico gularis 

 Jiupornis gulai'is 

 Asturiria gularis 

 Astimna pucherani 



Azara, Apunt. I. p. 131. no. 30^ 



Hartl. Ind. Azara, p. 2 j irOFbrToyTOis. p. 91. 

 /g^i^^rXzTS. 1868, p. G33. (?) 

 J. et E. Verreaux, E. Z. 1855, p. 350. 

 Licht. in Mus. Berol. 

 Licht. Nomencl. p. 3. 



Schlegel, Mus. de P. B. AsturiiiEe, p. 4 (1862). 

 Scl. et Salv. P.Z.S. 1869, p. 183. 



Supra obscure fusca : capita obscuriore ; remigibus priuiariis ad basin ferrugineis nigro transfasciatis ; intus in 

 pogonio interiore cinnamoJeis ad apicesf uigris : gula-fusco-nigra : pectore et ventre toto cum tibiis paUide' fulvisJineis 

 angustis ferrugineis parce transfasciatis : cauda nigricante, rufo lats^ trivittata et terminata ; rostro nigro, cera et 

 pedibus flavis: unguibus nigris : long, tota 15'5, alte 100, caudse 6'5, tarsi S'O. Junior. Supra fuscescentir, plumarum 

 niarginibus pallidis : froute et superciliis fulvescentibus : gula albidt/: pectore sparsim nigro flammulato. 



Hah. in rep. Argentina, Paraguaya, et Bolivia. 



We now give a figure of a tlilrd specie.s of Asturina.^ belonging to tlie same group as those 

 represented in the preceding ,plates, but occupying, as is usually the case with such near allies, 

 a distinct area, in which it plays a corresponding part in the economy of nature. 



The earliest author after the time of Azara, who seems to have noticed this Asturina is 

 d'Orbigny, who, in speaking of his so-called Astur magnirostn's, calls especial attention to the 

 differences between his series of this bird from Corrientes and Bolivia, and that in the Paris 

 Museum from Brazil, and concludes that they form " two distinct and constant vaiieties." 

 But the first specific name directly applied to it appears to be pucherani., under which title the 

 MM. Verreaux described the immature dress of this species, in the " Eevue de Zoologie," for 

 1855. A mounted specimen belonging to the Norwich Museum is marked as the original of 

 this descriptioiiM in the handwriting of M- Jules Verreaux, and perfectly accords with the 

 characters given. We believe we are correct in referring it to the immature dress of the present 

 species. A nearly similar specimen is in the British Museum, also received from Verreaux 

 under the n&m.e Astun'na pucheram., but with "Guatemala" attached as a locality. This is 

 undoubtedly an error, as it does not correspond with any one of our extensive series of the 

 Central-American form. 



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