. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 47. HERPET0THERE3. 277 a. Ad. St. b. Ad. sk. c. Ad. sk. d. Ad. sk. e. Ad. sk. /. Skeleton. River Gambia. River Gambia. Senegal. Senegal. Mombas ( Wakefield). Governor Rendall [P.]. Governor Rendall EarlofDerbv[P.]. Rev. D. F. Morgan [P.], R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. Zoological Society. Subsp. a. Asturinula meridionalis. Micronisus monogrammicus, var. meridionalis, Hartl. P. Z. S. 18G0, p. 109. Micronisus monogrammicus, Socage, Jorn. Lisb. 1867, pp. 132, 331. Melierax monogrammicus, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 150. Asturinula monogrammica, Fmsch
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 47. HERPET0THERE3. 277 a. Ad. St. b. Ad. sk. c. Ad. sk. d. Ad. sk. e. Ad. sk. /. Skeleton. River Gambia. River Gambia. Senegal. Senegal. Mombas ( Wakefield). Governor Rendall [P.]. Governor Rendall EarlofDerbv[P.]. Rev. D. F. Morgan [P.], R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. Zoological Society. Subsp. a. Asturinula meridionalis. Micronisus monogrammicus, var. meridionalis, Hartl. P. Z. S. 18G0, p. 109. Micronisus monogrammicus, Socage, Jorn. Lisb. 1867, pp. 132, 331. Melierax monogrammicus, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 150. Asturinula monogrammica, Fmsch u. Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 60 (1870, pt.\. Kaupifalco monogrammicus, Gurney in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 26 (1872). Very similar to M. monogrammicus, but having the bands on the lower parts much broader and darker, especially on the thigh- feathers, the white band on the tail much narrower, and the throat- stripe indistinct. Total length 13-8 inches, culmen 1-15, wing 8-8, tail 5-9, tarsus 1"95. Hab. From Angola to Damara Land on the west coast, and Zam- besi on the east coast of Africa. a. Ad. sk. Ambriz. J. J. Monteiro, Esq. [C.]. Type of species. 47. HERPETOTHERES*. Type. Herpetotheres, Vieill. N. Diet, xviii. p. 317 (1817).... H. cachinnans. Cachinna, Fleming, Phil. Zool. ii. p. 236 (1822) H. cacliinnans. Macagua, Less. Traite, p. 68 (1831) H. Foot of Herpetotheres cachinnans. Range. From Bolivia and Paraguay northwards throughout the whole country to Southern Mexico. * Mr. G. E. Gray (Hand-l. i. p. 31) adds Physeta of Vieillot (Analyse, p. 24, 1816), founded on the Falco sufflator of Linnieus (S. N. p. 127), a species often referred to H. cachinnans, but not sufficiently recognizable to allow of any cer- tainty in the 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
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