Plate XXXVIII. 



LEUCOPTEMIS SUPERCILIARIS. 



(KAITPS BUZZARD). 



Leucoptemis superciliaris 



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Leucoptemis Kuhli 

 Buteo Kaupi 

 Leucoptemis Kaupi 



Pelz. Sitz. Ak. Wien xliv. p. 10, et Orn. Bras. p. 3. 



Scl. et Salv. P.Z.S. 1867, p. 589. 



Bp. Consp. i. p. 19 (?) 



G-. E. Gray, in Mus. Brit, (unde), 



Bp. Eev. Zool. 1850, p. 481. 



Fumido-niger nucha et cervice postica albo variegatis : striga superciliari alba : subtus albus, cervice laterali nigro 

 striata: cauda nigra, albo vittata et anguste terminate : rostro nigro, cera flava ; pedibus flavis, unguibus nigris : long, 

 tota 14*0, ala3 8*0, caudse 60, tarsi 2*5. 



Hah. Brasil. bor., Para. (Wallace): Borba (JSFatt). 



The late Prince Charles Bonaparte, who had an unhappy trick of publishing new names 

 for birds without any descriptions attached to them or with diagnoses so short as to leave them 

 practicably unrecognizable, appears to have twice essayed to bestow a specific designation upon 

 the present Buzzard. In his " Conspectus," " Leucoptemis KuJili,' 1 characterized as " similis 

 prmcedenti, (i.e. L. melanopi) sed capite nigricante, unguibus albis" is probably intended for the 

 present bird, as we know of no other species to which the phrase would be suitable. In some 

 cursory notes upon the Eapacious Birds contributed to the Eevue de Zoologie for 1850 a new 

 species is again somewhat similarly described* as " Leucoptemis Kaupi" But in this case we 

 have been able positively to identify the bird, by reference to the marked specimens of it in the 

 British Museum. 



We cannot, however, think that it would be right to supersede in favour of either of these 

 names, Herr von Pelzeln's term superciliaris^ which, although published subsequently, is 

 accompanied by a full and excellent description. 



Natterer, upon whose specimens v. Pelzeln founds his species, obtained three examples of 

 this Buzzard in Northern Brazil ; at Borba on the Madeira, and at Para. At the latter locality 

 Mr. Wallace also procured a single specimen, which he has kindly loaned to us for the purpose 

 of the present work. Our figure represents this bird at a reduction of two-thirds of its natural 



size. 



* Semblable au L. melanqps, mais a tete noire et a ongles blancs, I c. p. 481. 

 Decembeb, 1867. 



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