*263. 
+*264. 
Head 
165 
Ictinia plumbea (Gmel.), S.N., i., p. 283 
(1788). [ex. Lath.—Cayenne.] 
Plumbeous Kite. 
Wing ad. 275-318, tail 140-145 mm. ; above 
leaden black ; wings and tail blacker ; head 
lighter grey, hind neck a little darker ; 
primaries pale chestnut on inner webs, 
conspicuous below ; under parts slate grey ; 
tail with 3 bars of white on inner webs 
below, the basal one concealed and some- 
times wanting. 
Ictinia misisippiensis (Wils.) Amer. Orn., 
iii., p. 80, pl. 25, fig. 1 (1811). [Natchez, 
Mississippi.) 
Mississippi Kite. 
Wing 3 266-290, 2 278-317 mm.; above 
leaden black, paler on secondaries and 
blacker on primaries and tail, but latter 
without white bars below ; head, neck, and 
under parts clear grey; base of primaries 
chestnut on inner webs; bill black, feet 
orange red. 
S. Amer. to 
Bolivia, Brazil 
and Paraguay ; 
Cent. Amer. to 
Mexico. 
Southern 
United States ; 
S. in winter to 
Mexico and cas 
Guatemala. 
Gen. LXXXIII. HARPAGUS Vigors (1824). 
Type by subs. desig. (Gray 1840) Falco bidentaius Lath. 
not crested; nostrils oval with central 
tubercle ; bill with 2 distinct teeth ; tarsus slender 
with broad transverse scales; feet small and 
weak ; 
wings very short, hardly reaching to 
middle of tail; size small. 
265. Hargagus diodon (Temm.), Pl. Col.,i., livr. South Brazil 
HA, pl. 198, 1823. [Brazil.] 
Red-thighed Hawk. 
(Rio Grande do 
Sul to Bahia). 
