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jBwieopierocfcsof Temminck* HO. a), has so much 
the character of an eagle in its lengthened and entire bill, 
that it probably forms the most aberrant type of either 
Aquila or Buteo. We 
have drawings and 
notes made from spe- 
cimens sent from 
Mexico, but they 
are not sufficient to 
determine this, al. 
though a glance at 
the contour of the 
bill will strengthen 
our suspicions on the 
accuracy of its pre- 
sent location. The 
same uncertainty 
prevents us from 
offering any original 
remarks upon the honey-buzzards, made into the sub- 
genus Pernu by M. Cuvier, and of which one of the 
two described species 
is found in Europe. 
Although the proba- 
ble course of the bu- 
teonine circle cannot 
be traced, we place 
the common kite 
{fig. 1 1 1.) as the fis- 
sirostral type, for the 
following reasons : — It is clearly and confessedly allied 
to Nauclerus by its short feet, long wings, and forked 
tail ; and as the equally close affinity of Nauclerus to 
Elanus has been justly insisted upon, the legitimate 
inference follows that Nauclerus stands at the confines 
* It is impossible to justify this epithet upon .looking to the figures in- 
tended for tliis species given in the Planches Coloreesy where it aeems tnicK, 
heavy, and short-tailed, instead of slender, elegant, and long-tailed.^ 
