. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 164 FALCONIDJE. little more conspicuous on the throat and breast: primaries deep black, externally shaded with ashy, secondaries a little browner, the inner web barred with white ; tail ashy brown, more decidedly ashy towards the base, the feathers tipped with white on the inner ^veh, and crossed with seven or eight black bars, not including the sub- terminal band, which is very broad; the under surface of both the wings and tail white, the black bands very distinct. Total length 21-5 uiches, culmen 1-6, wing 16-6, tail 9-8, tarsus 3. Sab. From A
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 164 FALCONIDJE. little more conspicuous on the throat and breast: primaries deep black, externally shaded with ashy, secondaries a little browner, the inner web barred with white ; tail ashy brown, more decidedly ashy towards the base, the feathers tipped with white on the inner ^veh, and crossed with seven or eight black bars, not including the sub- terminal band, which is very broad; the under surface of both the wings and tail white, the black bands very distinct. Total length 21-5 uiches, culmen 1-6, wing 16-6, tail 9-8, tarsus 3. Sab. From Ai'izona and California southwards along the western coast of Central America to Guiana and Trinidad. a. Ad. b. Ad. St. St. Mexico. Mexico. John Taylor, Esq. [P.]. Type of B. albonotatus. 27. BUTEO. Type. Buteo, Qiv. Le^. Atiat. Com2}. i. tabl. ois. (1800) .. B. vulgaris. Craxirex, Gould, in Dariv. Voy. Beagle, Birds, p. 22 (1841) B. galapagensis. Geranoaetus, Kmij), Classif. Sdug. u. Vog. p. 122 (1844) B. melanoleucus. Butaquila, Hodgs. in Grays Zool. 3Iisc. p. 81 (1844) B. ferox. PcecUoptemis, Kaiip, Isis, 1847, p. 329 B. latissimus. Heteroaetus, Eaup, Cantr. Orn. 1850, p. 74 B. Nostril and foot of Buteo ohsoktus. Range. The whole of the New "World, likewise the entire Old World, excepting the Indo-Malayan subrcgion, and the whole of Australasia and Oceania, in all of which it is Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London
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