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Show 143 Aqmla mihoides SPIX, AV. Bras, i, 1824, pi. Id. Morphnus mihoides Ccv. Reg. An. i, 1829, 330. Haliaetos milvoides GRAY, List. Ace. B. M. 1844,12; Gen. i, 1845,17. Buiard roux de Cayenne MAUD. Eric. M6tb. 1764, 543. Black- necked Falcon LATH. Gen. Synop. Suppl. i, 1787, 30. XeAumriLEVALL. Ois. cTAfr. i, 1799,84, pi. 20.- SUND. Crit. ora Levaill. 20 1^ 53, 25. Bnzzaret LATH. Gen. Syn. Snppl. ii, 1801,32. Qvbeza blanca AZARA, Pax. Par., i, 1802,78. 5a6.- Tropical America, south to Paraguay, north to Mazatlan, Wing, 15.00- 17.50; tail, 7.30- 8.50; culmen, 1.10- 1.30; tarsus, 3.00- 3.50 j middle toe, 1.75- 2.20. Adult:- General color deep rufous, becoming white on the head; a transverse jugular patch, secondaries, primaries, and terminal half of the tail black. Feathers of the upper surface, including the pileum and nape, with shaft- streaks of black, these widening into stripes on the scapulars. Basal half of the tail usually more or less barred with black ( especially on the inner webs), and the tip sometimes narrowly rufous. Young:- Head, neck, tail, and primaries as in the adult. Whole breast blackish; tibiae and crissum barred with black. Upper parts thickly barred with black, which prevails on the dorsal region. A dusky stripe from the eye across the auricular*. Mexican specimens are larger and lighter- colored than those from South America. List of specimens in United States Xational Museum. fc 6 s ! * ! ' ! 1 | 9 1Q'J2& ! Q ITitf ' 78 177* 4 78 3K4 ttft 897 i* » 7 108 Condition of specimen. Sex and age. - a d . rfad. Sad. § ad. d* ad. - ad. Locality. Brazil Trnando. New Granada do Amazonia Mftzftt- lftn, Mexico.. Paraguay Date. ,1868 Aug. 28, From whom received. Capt T. J. Page. Arthnr Schott. Do. Verreaux. Col. A. J. Grayson. Captain Page. Other specimens examined.- In mns. Philad. Acad., 6 ; Am. Mas., N. Y., 2 ; Boston Soc, i; total, 18. The sexes compare in measurements as follows:- i. 1 s 15.00- 15. 50 9 17.00 TaiL 7.50- 7.80 8.50 J 3 1.10 1.30 Tarsus. 3.15- 3.20 3.30 Middle toe. ' 1.80- 1.85 2.30 No. specimens. 2 1 Biographical notes. " No locality that I have ever visited in my researches for the objects pertaining to ornithology equals that where the Mazatlan River forms a » expansive valley near the sea- coast, for the great numbers and varieties of hawks there met with. They seem to assemble in this favorite spot from far and near, and almost all the known species are |
