255. 
Gen. LXXVIII. 
158 
Chondrohierax wilsont (Cass.), Jnl. Acad. 
Philad., i., p. 21, pl. 7 (1847). [Near 
Gibara, Cuba, type in Mus. Phil. Ac. Sc.] 
Wilson’s Kite. 
Wing 3 244, 2 250-262 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. 
u. Vég. 1844). 
Cuba. 
ODONTRIORCHIS Kaup (Class. Saugeth. 
Type by monotypy Falco cayennensis Gmel. = Falco pallatus Wied. 
The upper mandible with a single more or less pro- 
nounced tooth. Size moderate. 
256. 
Odoniriorchis palliatus palliatus (Wied) in 
Temm. PI. Col., i., livr. 35, pl. 204 (1823). 
[ Brazil, type loc. subst. Matto Grosso, type 
in Leyden Mus. ] 
[ =Leptodon cayennensis Gmel. et auct.] 
Brazilian Kite. 
Wing 3 320-340, 2 335-365 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 
Brazil 
(Rio Grande do 
Sul, N. to Bahia 
and Matto Gros- 
so); Bolivia. 
