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portance. In the specimen in question, the occiput is very distinctly 
striped with black, instead of being narrowly streaked, or even im¬ 
maculate. 
List of specimens examined .—Iu mus. Philad. Acad., 4 ; Boston Soc., 2 ; total, 6. 
LEUCOPTERNIS MELANGES. 
Falco melanops Latii. Tnd. Orn. 1790, 37 ; Gen. Hist, i, 248.— Daud. Tr. Orn. ii, 117.— 
Shaw, Zodl. vii, 175.— Temm. PI. Col. i, 1824, 105. 
Da'dalion melanops Via. Zool. J. i, 1824, 338. — Steph. Zool. xiii, pt. 2, 25. 
Astur melanops Less. Man. i. 1828,94. — Cuv. Keg. Au. ed. 2, i, 333. 
Bnteo melanops Guay, Gen. fol. 1849, 12, sp. 14 ; List B. Brit. Mas. 37 ; Hand List, i, 
1869, 8.— Stkickl. Orn. Syn. i, 1855, 36. 
Leucopternis melanops Ivaup, Isis, 1847,210; Contr. Orn. 1850, 63.— Bonap. Consp. 
•i, 1850, 19.— Pelz. Verb. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, 1862, 140; Orn. Bras. 1871, 
3, 395.— Scl. & Salv. Ex. Oru. 1868, 122; Nom. Av. Neotrop. 1873, 119.— 
Salv. Ibis, 1872, 242. 
Bnteo ( Leucopternis) melanops Eidgw. Pr. Boston Soc. N. H. 1873,63. 
Asturina melanops Sciil., Mus. Pays-Bas, Asturinse, 1862, 10. 
Urubitinga melanops Sharpe, Cat. Acc. B. M. 1874, 220. 
Hal). —Amazonia, including Guiana ; Brazil (Sharpe). 
Wing, 8.30-9.10; tail, G.00-G.50 ; cultnen, 0.75-0.80 ; tarsus, 2.00-2.65; 
middle toe, 1.25-1.35. Inner webs of only four outer primaries distinctly 
emarginated; third or fourth quill longest;, first shortest. Adult :— 
Head, neck, and entire lower parts white—this sometimes with a beau¬ 
tiful salmon-pink tinge (especially under the wing); lores, eyelids, and 
stripe behind the eye black ; pileum and nape streaked with black. 
Upper parts black, the scapulars much spotted with white. Tail black, 
narrowly tipped with white, and crossed at about one third the distance 
from the end by a broad fcone of pure white. 
List of specimens examined. —In mus. Philad. Acad., 3; Boston Soc., 1; total, 4. 
LEUCOPTERNIS KAUPI. 
? Leucopternis kulili Bonap. Consp. Av. i, 1850,19. 
Bnteo kuhlii Gray, Hand List, i, 1869, 8. 
Bnteo ( Leucopternis) kuhlii Ridgw. Pr. Boston Soc. N. IT. 1873, 64. 
Leucopternis kaupi Bonap. Rev. Zool. 1850, 481. 
Bnteo kaupi Strickl. Oru. Syn. i, 1855,37. 
Urubitinga kaupi Siiarpe, Cat. Acc. Brit. Mus. 1874,219. 
Leucopternis superciliaris Pelzeln, Sitz. Akad. Wien, xliv, 1861, 10 ; Verb. z.-b. Ges. 
Wien, 1862, 140; Ueb. Falk. 1862, 7 (Brazil); Orn. Bras. 1871, 3,395— Scl. <Sc 
Salv. P. Z. S. 1867,589; Ex. Orn. pt. v, 1867, pi. xxxviii; pt, viii, 1868, 122; 
Nom. Neotr. 1873,119.— Salv. Ibis 1872,242. 
Asturina superciliaris Sciileg. Mus. Pays Bas, Asturinze, 1862, 12. 
Hal). —Amazonia, and u Brazil, in the vicinity of Para” (Siiarpe). 
Wing, 8.40-8.70 ; tail, 5.30-0.20 ; culmen, 0.80-0.85 ; tarsus, 2.10-2.40 ; 
middle toe, 1.25-1.30. Fourth to fifth quills longest; first shortest. 
Adult: —Above dark slate; the nape, and. sometimes the pileum, 
streaked with white. Beneath entirely white; the sides of the neck and 
breast streaked with black. Tail dark slate, faintly whitish at the tip, 
and crossed a little beyond the middle by a narrow zone of white. 
List of specimens examined. —In mus. Philad. Acad., 2; Boston Soc., 1; total, 3. 
LEUCOPTERNIS SEMIPLUMBEUS. 
Leucopternis semiplumbens Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Lyc. vii, 1861. 288; ib. ix. 1868, 133.— 
Scl. & Salv. Ex. Oru. 1868, 121, pi. lxi; Nom. Neotrop. 1869, 119.— Salv. 
Ibis, 1872,243. 
Bnteo semiplumbens Gray, Hand List, i, 1869, 9. 
Urubitinga semiplumbea Sharpe, Cat. Acc. B. M. 1874, 220. 
Wing, 7.20-8.70; tail, 5.00-7.80; culmen, 0.70-0.85; tarsus, 2.20-2.45; 
