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255. Chondrohierax wilsoni (Cass.), Jnl. Acad. 

 Philad., i., p. 21, pi. 7 (1847). [Near 

 Gibara, Cuba, type in Mus. Phil. Ac. Sc] 

 Wilson's Kite. 



Cuba. 



Wing <? 244, ? 250-262 mm. ; tail 195 mm. ; 

 with the bill of megarhynchus (culmen 

 53 mm.) ; above slate ; tail black with tips 

 and subterminal - band ashy grey, and 

 narrow whitish band nearer base ; below 

 banded with slaty brown and white. Older 

 birds are probably slate below and uni- 

 form (?). Younger birds are banded with 

 rufous below like uncinatus ; tail brown 

 with 5 whitish bands. 



Gen. LXXVIII. ODONTRIORCHIS Kaup (Class. Saugeth. 



u. Vog. 1844). 



Type by monotypy Fako cayennensis Gmel. = Falco paliiatus Wied. 



The upper mandible with a single more or less pro- 

 nounced tooth. Size moderate. 



256. Odontriorchis paliiatus paliiatus (Wied) in 

 Temm. PI. Col., i., Uvr. 35, pi. 204 (1823). 

 [Brazil, type loc. subst. Matto Grosso, type 

 in Leyden Mus.J 



[ =Leptodon cayennensis Gmel. et auct.] 

 Brazilian Kite. 



Brazil 



(Rio Grande do 

 Sul, N. to Bahia 

 and Matto Gros- 

 so) ; Bolivia. 



Wing 3 320-340, ? 335-365 mm. ; above 

 slaty black ; upper tail coverts barred and 

 tipped with greyish white ; head and hind 

 neck pale slaty grey ; wing quills black, 

 banded with slate ; tail black with 2 nar- 

 row bands of ashy grey (3 in less mature) 

 and tipped with white ; below white ; 

 under wing coverts mingled black and 

 white, the edge of wing pure white ; bill 



