106 FALCONID^. 



rufous axillaries, under wing-coverts, and thighs, is found only in Brazil ; E. hidentatas, 

 which has white under wing-coverts and rufous flanks, inhabits Amazonia and Guiana 

 to Colombia; while H.fasdatus, which differs from the last-named species only in its 

 banded flanks, is found in Central America from Panama to Mexico. 



The genus is distinguished from the other American Kites by the double tooth 

 in the upper mandible, in which respect it approaches the Falcons ; Harpagus has, 

 however, the unmistakable soft plumage of the Kites, and is probably not far removed 

 from Ictinia, though lacking the long wings of the latter. 



1. Harpagus fasciatus. 



Harpagus fasciatus, Lawr. Pr. Ac. Phil. 1868, p. 429'; Salv. Ibis, 1870, p. 115 ' ; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds Brit. Mus. i. p. 363'; Sumichrast, La Nat. v. p. 237*; Nutting, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 



vi. pp. 377 ',389°. 

 Harpagus Hdentatus (nee Lath.), Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 219' ; P.Z. S. 1864, p. 369' ; Lawr. 



Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 317°. 



Supra saturate schistaceus, maculis paucis celatis albis notatus ; alia schistaceo-brunneis, remigibus nigro 

 fasciatis ; secundariia albo fasciatim notatis ; Cauda nigra, cineraceo angoste terminata, et fasciis tribus 

 cineraceis intus albicantibus notata ; pileo saturate schistaceo, facie laterali clariore cinerea ; gutture 

 albo, striga malari et altera mediana nigricantibus ; corpore retiquo snbtus saturate castaneo, albo et 

 schistaceo-nigro regulariter transfasciato ; subcaadalibus albis ; subalaribus axiUaribusque ochrascentibus, 

 paucim nigro maculatis ; remigibus intus albo nigroque fasciatis, ad apicem cinerascentibos ; cera et 

 palpebris viridescentibus ; pedibns brunnescentibus ; iride brunnescenti-cocoinea. Lon^. tota circa 14-0, 

 ate 9-0, caudae o"9, tarsi 1'6. (Descr. feminae ex Miravalles, Costa Kica. Mus. nostr.) 



cj feminsB similis, sed paullo minor, et subtus vix adeo castaneus, fasciis numerosis schistaceis notatns. 

 Long, tota circa 11-5, alae 7"85. 



Juv. Brunneus, plumis anguste ochraceo vel albo marginatis, pileo vix albido striato ; Cauda brunnea, fasciis 

 saturatioribus quatuor notata et pogonio interno albo partim fasciata ; facie laterali saturate brunnea ; 

 corpore subtus aJbo, pectore toto maculis longitudinalibus guttiformibus notato, abdomine et hypo- 

 chondriis macidis brunneis cordiformibus ornatis ; tibiis distincte biunneo transfasciatis. (Descr. 

 exempl. ex Veragua. Mus. Brit.) 



Hah. Mexico, Valley of Mexico {JBouvier, Mus. Brit.), Santa Efigenia, Cacoprieto, 

 Potrero, Cordova {Sumichrast^); Guatemala {Van Patten^, Skinner''), Vera 

 Paz {Ascoli) ; Nicabaqua, La Libertad, Chon tales {Richardson), San Juan del 

 Sur^, Sucuya^ {Nutting); Costa Rica [Carmiol), Miravalles {Underwood); 

 Panama {M'Leannan^^, E. ArcS), David, Chiriqui {Watson, Mus. Brit.). 



H. fasciatus is nearly allied to the South -American H. hidentatus, but differs in 

 having a more banded under surface, and the greyish bars are broader and more 

 distinct on the sides of the body. 



The species is nowhere common, though extending from Mexico to Panama. It 

 was first described by Lawrence from Guatemala from a specimen acquired by 

 Van Patten ^, and we possess an example from the same country obtained by Skinner "^ . 

 Another was also sent by Ascoli from Vera Paz in 1893, but we did not observe it 

 there. A specimen in the British Museum, received from M. Bouvier, and said- to 



