Plate LXXXIX. 



ASTURINA PUCHERAM 



(PUCHEEAN'S BUZZARD-HAWK). 



JSsjparvero indaye 

 Astur magnirostris 



Wisus magnirostris 

 Asturina puc/ierani 

 Falco gularis 

 Mupomis gularis 

 Asturina gularis 

 Asturina pucherani 



Azara, Apunt. I. p. 131, no. 30. 



Hartl. Ind. Azara, p. 2. 



D'Orb. Voy. Ois. p. 91. 



Burm. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 633. (?) 



J. et E. Verreaux, E. Z. 1855, p. 350. 



Licht. in Mus. Berol. 



Licht. ISTomencl. p. 3. 



Schlegel, Mus. de P. B. Asturina?, p. 4 (1862). 



Scl. et Salv. P.Z.S. 1869, p. 133. 



Supra obscure fusca : eapite obscuriore ; remigibus primariis ad basin ferrugineis nigro transfasciatis, intus in 

 pogonio interiore cinnamomeis ad apicem nigris : gula fusco-nigra : pectore et ventre toto cum tibiis pallide fulvis, lineis 

 angustis ferrugineis parce transfasciatis : cauda nigricante, rufo late trivittata et terminata ; rostro nigro, cera et 

 pedibus flavis : unguibus nigris : long, tota 155, ala3 100, caudse 6*5, tarsi 3'0. Junior. Supra fuseescentior, plumarum 

 marginibus pallidis : fronte et superciliis fulvescentibus : gula albida : pectore sparsim nigro flammulato. 



Hah. in rep. Argentina, Paraguaya, et Bolivia. 



We now give a figure of a third species of Asturina^ belonging to the same group as, those 

 represented in the preceding plates, but occupying, as is usually the case with such near allies, 

 a distinct area, in which it plays a corresponding part in the economy of nature. 



The earliest author after the time of Azara, that seems to have noticed this Asturina is 

 d'Orbigny, who, in speaking of his so-called Astur magnirostris, draws especial attention to the 

 differences between his series of this bird from Corrientes and Bolivia, and that in the Paris 

 Museum from Brazil, and concludes that they form "two distinct and constant varieties." 

 But the first specific name directly applied to it appears to be pucherani, under which title the 

 MM. Verreaux described the immature dress of this species in the " Bevue de Zoologie" for 

 1855. A mounted specimen belonging to the Norwich Museum is marked as the original of 

 this description in the handwriting of M. Jules Verreaux, and perfectly accords with the 

 characters given. "We believe we are correct in referring it to the immature dress of the present 

 species. A nearly similar specimen is in the British Museum, also received from Verreaux 

 under the name Asturina pucherani, but with "Guatemala" attached as a locality. This is 

 undoubtedly an error, as it does not correspond with any one of our extensive series of the 

 Central- American form. 





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