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Show 1869.] MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON PERUVIAN BIRDS. 155 22. MILVAGO MEGALOPTERUS, Meyen; Scl. et Salv. P. Z.S. 1867, p. 988. Adult and young from Tinta. 23. BUTEO ERYTHRONOTUS (King) ; nob. I. c. p. 988. One skin, marked female, in the plumage figured by D'Orbigny (Voy. t. 3. f. 2), from Tinta. " Legs and toes bright chrome-yellow; claws black." 24. GERANOAETUS MELANOLEUCUS (Vieill.). Tungasuca. " Bill black at the tip, yellowish green at the base; eye light hazel; legs and toes chrome-yellow; claws black. Total length 18| inches." 25. TINNUNCULUS SPARVERIUS (Linn.). Tinta. 26. HYPOTRIORCHIS FEMORALIS (Temm.). Tinta. " Shot by a native off the top of a cactus plant. Bill slate-colour at the point, yellow at the base; eye dark hazel; eyelid, legs, and toes bright yellow ; claws black." 27. CIRCUS CINEREUS (Vieill.). One skin, apparently an immature male, of this species from Tinta. " Bill slate-colour; eye yellow; legs and toes chrome-yellow; claws black." 28. STRIX PERLATA, Vieill. Tinta. 29. BUBO VIRGINIANUS (Gm.). Tinta. Smaller, as is usually the case, than northern specimens. " Shot by a native, in the daytime, off a cactus plant. Eye bright yellow." 30. PHOLEOPTYNX CUNICULARIA (Mol.). Tinta. 31. METRIOPELIA MELANOPTERA (Gm.) ; Bp. Consp. ii. p. 75. Tinta. 32. CHAMAEPELIA ERYTHROTHORAX (Meyen); Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 989. Tinta. " Shot off the top of a mud wall." |
