165 



*263. Ictinia plumbea (Gmel.), S.N., i., p. 283 

 (1788). [ex. Lath. — Cayenne.] 

 Plumbeous Kite. 



Wing ad. 275-318, tail 140-145 mm. ; above 

 leaden black ; wings and tail blacker ; head 

 hghter grey, hind neck a little darker ; 

 primaries pale chestnut on inner webs, 

 conspicuous below ; under parts slate grey ; 

 tail with 3 bars of white on inner webs 

 below, the basal one concealed and some- 

 times wanting. 



S. Amer. to 

 Bolivia, Brazil 

 and Paraguay ; 

 Cent. Amer. to 

 Mexico. 



1*264. Ictinia misisippiensis (Wils.) Amer. Orn., 

 iii., p. 80, pi. 25, fig. 1 (1811). [Natchez, 

 Mississippi.] 

 Mississippi Kite. 



Wing c? 266-290, $ 278-317 mm. ; above 

 leaden black, paler on secondaries and 

 blacker on primaries and tail, but latter 

 without white bars below ; head, neck, and 

 under parts clear grey ; base of primaries 

 chestnut on inner webs ; bill black, feet 

 orange red. 



Southern 

 United States ; 

 S. in winter to 

 Mexico and cas. 

 Guatemala. 



Gen. LXXXIII. HARPAGUS Vigors (1824). 

 Type by subs, desig. (Gray 1840) Falco hidentaius Lath. 



Head not crested ; nostrils oval with central 

 tubercle ; biU with 2 distinct teeth ; tarsus slender 

 with broad transverse scales ; feet small and 

 weak ; wings very short, hardly reaching to 

 middle of tail ; size small. 



265. Hargagus diodon (Temm.), PI. Col., i., Uvx. South Brazil 



34, pi. 198, 1823. [Brazil.] (Rio Grande do 



Red-thighed Hawk. Sul to Bahia). 



