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*129b. Geranoaetus melanoleucus mendensis subsp. Venezuela, 

 nov. [(? Nevada, Mdrida, Venez., Oct. 20, Colombia ; 

 1911, alt. 3,000 metres, type in coll. H. Ecuador. 

 Kirke Swann.] 

 Northern Buzzaxd-Eagle. 



Much smaller ; wing <? 455-468, ? 480-520 

 mm. ; plumage similar to last form. 



Gen. XXXII. BUTEO Lacep. (1799). 

 Type by tautonomy Falco buteo L. 



Cere large ; nostrils oval with no tubercle ; wings 

 moderately long, the 3rd to 5th quills longest, the 

 first 3 to 5 emarginate or notched on inner webs ; 

 tarsus short, strong, usually scaled, and feathered 

 in front for a varjdng distance. Length usually 

 under 24 in. 



Key to the Natural Groups and Species (Adults). 



Tail usually brown, sometimes washed with 

 rufous, with a varying number of transverse 

 bars, generally from 6 to 12, often indistinct. 



130. Bttieo galapagensis (Gould), P.Z.S., 1837, Galapagos Is. 

 p. 9. [Galapagos Is., type in Brit. Mus.] 

 Galapagos Buzzard. 



Wing cJ 383, ? 425 mm. ; general plumage 

 sooty-black, shaded with brown ; tail 

 greyish-brown with 12 or 13 blackish bars. 

 Immature : resembling young of B. 

 erythronotus in a general way. 



tl31. Buteo solitarius Peale, Zool. U.S. Expl. Hawaiian 

 Exped. Birds, p. 62 (1848). [Karakaloa Archipelago 

 Bay, Hawaii, type in Mus. Phil. Acad.] 

 Solitary Buzzard. 



