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as a resident towards the Southern United States, and is apparently only a winter 

 migrant in Central America. The series in our collection shows that B. latissimus 

 passes through the whole of our region, and extends to the West-Indian Islands, as 

 well as to South America, as far as the valley of the Amazons. This Buzzard feeds on 

 Small rodents, reptiles, and insects of various sorts, seldom attacking birds of any kind ; 

 it is somewhat quiet and sluggish in its habits, except in the breeding-season or when 

 its nest is in danger. 



The nest is roughly made of sticks, with a lining of bark and a few green twigs, 

 sometimes built very near the ground. The eggs are generally two or three in number, 

 though occasionally tour, and even five, are found. The colour is dull greyish white, 

 with an occasional green tinge, and faint markings of grey or reddish brown ^''. 



11. Buteo brachyurus. 



Buteo brachyurus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. iv. p. 477'; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 215'; 



Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. viii. p. 578 ' ; Cherrie, Auk, 1892, p. 328 * ; Bendire, Life 



Hist. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 246, t. 8. f. 7 ' ; Richmond, Proc. U. S, Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 522 • ; 



Fisher, Bull. U. S. Dept. Agric. no. 3, p. 83' ; A. 0. U. Check-1. N. Amer. Birds, 2nd ed. 



p. 133". 

 Asturina brachyura, Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 218°. 

 Buteola brachyura, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 130" ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. i. p. 201 " ; 



Gurney, Ibis, 1876, p. 479"; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 540" ; Sumichrast, La Nat. v. 



p. 236"; Tacz. Orn. Perou, i. p. 118"; Salv. Ibis, 1890, pp. 84, 89". 

 Buteo fuliginosus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 356" ; id. Tr. Z. S. iv. p. 267, t. 62'"; Cass, in Baird 



Cass., & Lawr. Birds N. Amer. t. 15. f. 1 " ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1860, p. 401 '" ; Gurney, Ibis, 



1876, p. 479 '' ; Scott, Auk, 1889, p. 243 =" ; Ridgw. Man. N. Amer. Birds, 2nd ed. p. 236 ". 

 Asturina alhifrons, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 368 (nee Wied) ". 



Buteo minutus, Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 2, 396"' ; Lawr. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 42 '°. 

 Buteo obsoletus, pt., Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. i. p. 184". 



Supra saturate brunneus, fere unicolor, plumis pallidiore brunneo obscure marginatis ; nucha albo notata ; 

 supracaudalibus albido terminatis, grisescenti-brunneo, extus albo, faseiatis ; alis brunneis, remigibus 

 nigricantibus, anguste albo terminaliter limbatis, et intus obscure faseiatis ; rectricibus cinerascenti- 

 brunneis, anguste albo terminatis, fasciis 6 nigricantibus notatis, fascia terminali latiore; loris et basi 

 frontis oonspicue albis ; facie lateraH et regions parotica nigricantibus, uuicoloribus ; genis imis et gutture 

 albis : corpore subtus pure albo, gutture imo et prsepectore saturate brunneis, rufo vix variegatis, plumis 

 pr83pectoralibus paucis rhachidem angustam nigram exhibentibus ; subalaribus, axillaribus et remigibus 

 intus pure albis, horum pogonio interne griseo marmorato vel fasciato. Long, tota 16'5, alae 12"8, 

 caudse 6'4, culm. 1'2, tarsi 2-5. (Descr. exempl. ex Guatemala. Mus, Brit.) 



Jw. Supra nigricanti-briinneus, vix rufo lineatim variegatus ; supracaudalibus lateralibus rufo faseiatis; 

 rectricibus cinerasoenti-brunneis, fasciis 8 nigricantibus notatis ; loris et fronte basali albis ; supereilio 

 fnlvescente ; fascia lateral! fulvesoente, nigro lineata ; genis nigris, fasciam latam formantibus : corpore 

 subtus ochrascenti-fulvo, tibiis laetioribus vix cinnamomeis ; colli et prsepectoris lateribus nigro late 

 striolatis ; hypochondriis et abdomine medio vix anguste nigro lineatis ; subalaribus et axillaribus laete 

 ochraoeis; remigibus intus fusco fasciatim in pogonio interne notatis. (Descr. exempl. ex Irazu. 

 Mus. nostr.) 



Fonna melan. Fuliginoso-niger, nuchse plumis ad basin albis ; remigibus saturate brunneis, ad apicem nigris 

 et intus nigro faseiatis ; rectricibus cinerascenti-brunneis, fasciis 6 nigris notatis ; facie laterali et corpore 



