74 FALCONID^. 



Supra schistacea, paHlde griseo regulariter transfasciata ; uropygio nigro, albo late marginato : subtus albo et 

 griseo regulariter crebre transfasciata ; gula et teetricibus subeaudalibus albis ; remigibus et apieibus 

 nigris, in pogonio interno albis nigro sparsim transfasciatis ; subalaribus albis, griseo fasciatis ; cauda 

 nigra, fascia integra alba notata, altera incompleta in dimidio proximo, apice albo ; rostro nigro, cere et 

 pedibus flavis. Long, tota circa 16-0, alae 10-3, caudae 6-8, tarsi 2*7, rostri a rictu 1*3. (Descr. feminae 

 ex Panama. Mus. nostr.) 

 cJ feminse similis, sed paulo minor. 



Juv. Supra fusca ; plnmis ad basin albis ; capite summo et cervice postica plerumque albis, plumis omnibus 

 fusco terminatis ; alls extus fuscis, fulvo variegatis et nigro transfasciatis ; remigibus mediaUter cervinis 

 nigro fasciatis, apieibus nigris : subtus lactescenti-alba, fusco guttata ; tibiis immaculatis ; alis subtus 

 fere immaculatis paUide cervinis, remigibus tantum sparsim nigro fasciatis ; cauda nigra, cervino trans- 

 fasciata et terminata. (Descr. exempl. ex Chapada, Matto Grosso, Brazil. Mus. nostr.) 



Hah. Panama [M'Leannan^^). — Colombia^; Ecuadob; Venezuela; Guiana^; Ama- 

 zons^; BEiiZIL''. 



This species, which is widely distributed throughout the greater part of South 

 America, extends as far north as Panama, where it was procured by M'Leannan. In 

 habits it appears to resemble in every respect its better-known northern representative, 

 A. plagiata. 



2. Asturina plagiata. 



Buteo plagiatus, Licht. Nomencl. p. 3 ^. 



Asturina plagiata, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas^ AsturiiiaB, p. I''; Scl. & Salv, P. Z. S. 1869, p. ISO'; 

 1870, p. 838*; Ex. Om. p. 179, t. 90 ' ; Salv. Ibis, 1869, p. 317 ' ; 1870, p. 114 '^j 1889^ 

 p. 374 ^ 1890, p. 89'; Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 484 "; Finsch, Abh. naturw. Ver. zu Bremen^ 

 1870, p. 325 " ; Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 298 " ; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, 

 p. 39"; Sumichrast, La Nat. v. p. 236'*; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. i, p. 204"; 

 Nutting, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 403"; vi. pp. 377", 388 '^ Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883,' 

 p. 456 " ; Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 166 '" ; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nae. Costa 

 Rica, 1887, p. 126 '"■ ; Herrera, La Nat. (2) i. pp. 176, 320 " ; Stone, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1890, 

 p. 205 '=; Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H. v. p. 34"; Fisher, BuU. U. S. Dep. Agr. no s' 

 p. 85=^ ' ' 



Falco nitidus, Licht. Preis-Verz. Mex. Vbg. p. 3 (nee Lath.), cf. J. f. Om. 1863, p. 58"- Wagler 

 Isis, 1831,p. 517". ' ' 



Asturina nitida (nee Lath.), Sol. P. Z. S. 1857, pp. 201 =», 227''; 1859, pp. 368'°, 389='; 1864 

 p. 178"; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 217"; R. Owen, Ibis, 1861, p. 68 "; sllv. Ibis', 1866^ 

 p. 204 =' ; V. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 369 '\ ' ' 



Morphnus schistaceus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 227 ". 



Urubitinga ?, Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 216''. 



Asturina polionota. Cab. J. f. Om. 1869, p. 208". 



A. nitida similis, sed supra sobistacea unicolor, griseo baud transfasciata ; cera pedibusque flavis - irfde 



bmnnea. ' 



Juv. Ab A. nitida juv. tibiis fusco-fasciatis dignoscenda. 



Hab. NoETH Ameeica, Texas, Arizona.— Mexico (i)ejjpe & Schiede ^, Wagler 27),Bacienda 

 de la Cruz, Rio Camacho in Nuevo Leon [F. B. Armstrong), Sierra Madre above 



