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Show 106 NISUS GUTTATUS. Spawius guttatus VIKILL. N. D. X, 1817,325.- PUCHER. R. Z. 1850, 13. Accipiter guttata* STRICKL. Orn. Syn. i, 1855, 110.- SCL. & SALV. EX. Orn. xi, 1S69, 169, 170, pi. lxxv; Nom. Neotr. 1873,12U.- GRAY, Hand List, i, 1S89, : « .- SIIARPE, Cat. Ace. B. M. 1874,152. Etparrero pardo y goteado AZARA, Pax. Par. i, 1802,113. Hab.- Paraguay and Bolivia. 44 Male ( nearly adult).- Above slaty grey, the head blackish, the nape varied with white; wings dull brown, the quills barred with darker brown, the interspaces ashy white below, so that the cross bars are more distinct, inner secondaries slaty grey like the back; tail ashy brown, narrowly tipped with white, and crossed with four bars of darker browD, lower surface ashy white, the bars more distinct except on outermost feather, where nearly obsolete; throat white, tinged wfth rufous, the feathers narrowly centered with black shaft lines; rest of under surface pale fawn- rufous, the thighs a little deeper- coloured, the breast mottled with white spots and half- bars; the sides of the face and neck clear slaty grey, the sides of the upper breast washed with the same colour; under tail- coverts white, with a few sub terminal rufous spots; under wing- coverts and axillaries entirely pale rufous like the breast. Total length 15.2 inches, culinen .6, wing 8.5, tail 6. S, tarsus 2.4. " Adult female.- Similar to the male but larger. Total leugtb 18 inches, wing 10.5, tail 8.5, tarsus 2.65." 44 Hab.- Paraguay aud Bolivia."-( SHAEPB, I. c.) NISUS CH1LENSIS. Accipiter chilensis PHILIPPI & LAXDB. Arch. f. Naturg. 1864, 43.- SCL. P. Z. S. 1867* 329.- SCL. & SALV. Ibis, 1868, 187 ( Sandy Ft, Str. Magellan; Feb.); Ex- Orn. v, 1868, 73, 170, pi. xxxvii ( adult and young) ; xi, 170; Nom. Neotr. 1873, 120.- GRAY, Hand List, i, 1869, 33.- SHARPE, Cat. Ace. B. M. 1874,155. Nisus ckilensis GIKBKL, Tbes. Orn. 1872, 263. Accipiter coopcri PELZ. Orn. Nov. 1865,13 ( not of Bonap.). Hab.- Chile ( NAT. MUS.) ; Straits of Magellan ( KING). Wing, 8.25- 9.90; tail, 7.65- 8.50; culmen, 0.50- 0.70; tarsus, 2.25- 2.65; middle toe, 1.40- 1.70. Fourth and fifth quills longest; first shortest; outer five with iuner webs emarginated. Tail slightly rounded. Adult female ( specimen in Mus. Philad. Acad.*):- Above, sooty slate-color, darker anteriorly; tail narrowly tipped with white, and crossed with five or six bands of black. Tibiae plain rufous; crissum immaculate white; other lower parts except throat barred or transversely spotted with umber- brown, these markings tinged with rufous and slate- color, and connected by dark shaft- streaks. Wing, 9.65; tail, 8.50; culmen, 0.70; tarsus, 2.50; middle toe, 1.70. Young male ( No. 32,978, Nat. Mus.):- Above, dark grayish- sepia, growing gradually darker anteriorly; all the feathers with terminal borders of rusty- ochraceous, these whiter on the ends of the secondaries; scapulars, larger wing and upper tail- coverts with concealed white spot ting. Occipital feathers white, with terminal cuneate or tear- shaped spots of brownish- black, but the white mostly concealed. Nuchal feathers light tawny- ochraceous, similarly but more broadly marked. Tail grayish- brown, narrowly tipped with white, and crossed by five bands of dusky black, about as wide as the brown interspaces. Lower parts white, tinged with ocbraceous- yellow on the breast, and with dilute * This specialtn is laheltd, in Mr. Casgiu'M handwriting, liF. linnai, nobis". |
