

" Ned Ling in down. 

 "One specimen collected by and in the possession of Mr. Scott B. Wilson l . 



'■'■First years plumage (normal). 



" Type specimen of Buteo solitarius in the collection of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia, figured in the second edition of the Zoology of the United 

 States Exploring Expedition, Ornithology, pi. 4. 



" One obtained by Mr. Wilson, and placed in the Norwich Museum. 



" One retained in Mr. Wilson's collection l . 



" Adult or nearly adult plumage (normal). 



"■ One in the United States National Museum, Washington, figured in ' The Ibis,' 

 1881, p. 396 (right-hand figure), under the name of Onychotes gruberi. 



'" Two in the British Museum, brought home by the * Challenger,' one of which is 

 figured in the Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger,' Birds, pi. 21. 



" One obtained by Mr. Wilson, and placed in the Norwich Museum. 



" One retained in Mr. Wilson's collection 1 . 



" Melanistic specimens. 



" Type of Onychotes gruberi in the United States National Museum, Washington, 

 figured at p. 254 of vol. iii. of Baird, Brewer, and Bidgway's ' North-American Land- 

 Birds,' also in ' The Ibis,' 1881, p. 396 (left-hand figure). 



" One obtained by Mr. Wilson, and placed in the Norwich Museum. 



" One retained in Mr. Wilson's collection l . 



" Summary of Specimens referred to. 



In Philadelphian Museum 1 



In Washington Museum 2 



In British Museum ... 2 



In Norwich Museum 3 



In Mr. Wilson's collection x 4 



Total 12" 



Description. — (Fig. 1.) Adult male. Above dark brownish black, the feathers all 

 more or less edged with rusty brown ; wing-quills darker, with white on inner webs of 

 primaries ; tail bluish black above, narrowly but very distinctly barred with dark 

 brown ; beneath, throat white, rest of the under surface white variously mottled with 

 brown. Legs light yellow, bill black. 



Dimensions. — (Fig. 1.) Total length 15*70 inches, wing 11, culmen 1-30, tarsus 3, 

 tail 6-60. 



Ohs. This bird was shot at the nest. 



1 Now in the Museum of the University of Cambridge. 



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