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*129b. Geranoaetus melanoleucus meridensis subsp. Venezuela, 
nov. [g¢ Nevada, Mérida, Venez., Oct. 20, Colombia ; 
1911, alt. 3,000 metres, type in coll. H. Ecuador. 
Kirke Swann. ] 
Northern Buzzard-Eagle. 
Much smaller ; wing ¢ 455-468, 2 480-520 
mm. ; plumage similar to last form. 
Gen. XXXII. BUTEO Lacep. (1799). 
Type by tautonomy Falco buteo L. 
Cere large ; nostrils oval with no tubercie ; 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 varying distance. Length usually 
under 24 in. 
KEY TO THE NATURAL GROUPS AND SPECIES (ADULTS). 
A. Tail usually brown, sometimes washed with 
rufous, with a varying number of transverse 
bars, generally from 6 to 12, often indistinct. 
130. Buteo galapagensis (Gould), P.Z.S., 1837, Galapagos Is. 
p- 9. [Galapagos Is., type in Brit. Mus.] 
Galapagos Buzzard. 
Wing ¢ 383, 2 425 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. 
$131. Buteo solitarius Peale, Zool. U.S. Expl. Hawaiian 
Exped. Birds, p. 62 (1848). [Karakaloa Archipelago 
Bay, Hawatt, type in Mus. Phil. Acad.] 
Solitary Buzzard. 
