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Show 177 portance. In the specimen in question, the occiput is very distinctly striped with black, instead of being narrowly streaked, or even immaculate. List of specimens examined,- In mus. Philad. Acad., 4 ; Boston Soc, 2 ; total, 6. LEUCOPTERNIS MELANOPS. Faleo melanops LATH. Ind. Orn. 1790, 37; Geo. Hist, i, 24S.- D. VUD. Tr. Orn. ii, 117.- SHAW, Zool. vii, 175.- TBMM. PI. Col. i, 1824, 105. Ikedalion melanops Via. Zool. J. i, 18* 24, 338.- STEPH. Zool. xiii. pt. 2, 25. A* tur melanops LESS. Man. i, 182^, 94.- Cuv. Rhg. Au. ed. 2, i, 333. Buteo melanops GhtAY, Gen. fol. 1849, 12, sp. 14 ; List B. Brit. Mns. 37 ; Hand List, i, 1869, 8.- STRICKL. Orn. Syn. i, 1855, 36. Leueopternis melanops KAUP, Isis, 1847,210; Contr. Orn. 18 » 0, 63.- BONAP. Consp. i, 1850, 19.- PELZ. Verh. ZtnU- Bot. Ges. Wien, 1862, 140 ; Orn. Bras. 1871, 3, 395.- SCL. < fc SALV. EX. Orn. 1868, 122; Nom. Av. Neotrop. 1873, 119.- SALV. Ibis, 1872,242. Buteo { Leuoopternis) melanops RIDQW. Pr. Boston Soc. N. H. 1873,63. Asturina melanops SCHL., MUS. Pays- Bas, AaturinsB, 1862,10. Vrubitinga melanops SIIAKPE, Cat. Ace. B. M. 1874,220. - Had.- Amazonia, including Guiana; Brazil ( SHARPE). Wing, 8.30- 9.10; tail, 6.00^- 6.50; culmen, 0.75- 0.80; tarsus, 2.00- 2.65; middle toe, 1.25- 1.35. Inner webs of only four outer primaries distinctly emarginated; third or fourth quill longest; first shortest. Adult:- Head, neck, and entire lower parts white- this sometimes with a beautiful salmon- pink tinge ( especially under the wing); lores, eyelids, and stripe behind the eye black; pileuin and nape streaked with black. Upper parts black, the scapulars much spotted with white. Tail black, narrowly tipped with white, and crossed at about one- third the distance from the end by a broad zone of pure white. List of specimens examined.- In mas. Philad. Acad., 3; Boston Soc, 1; total, 4. LEUCOPTERNIS KAUPI. ! Leueopternis kuhli BONAP. Consp. Av. i, I860,19. Buteo kuhlii GRAY, Hand List, if 1869,8. Buteo ( Leueopternis) kuhlii RIDGW. Pr. Boston Soc. N. H. 1873, 64. Leueopternis kaupi BONAP. Rev. Zool. 1850, 481. Buteo kaupi STRICKL. Orn. 8yn. i, 1855,37. Vrubitinga kaupi SHARPB, Cat. Ace. Brit. Mns. 1874,219. Leuoopternis superciliaris PKLZRLN, Sitz. Akad. Wien, xliv, 1861, 10; Verh. z.- b. Ges. Wien, 1862, 140; Ueb. Falk. 1862, 7 ( Brazil); Orn. Bras. 1871, 3,395- SCL. &. SALV. P. Z. S. 1867,589; Ex. Orn. pt. v, 1867, pi. xxxviii: pt. viii, 1868, 122; Nom. Neotr. 1873,119.- SALV. Ibis 1872,242. Anturinasuperciliaris SCHLEG. MUS. Pays Bas, Astnrinro, 1862,12. Hab.- Amazonia, and " Brazil, in the vicinity of Para" ( SHABPE). Wing, 8.40- 8.70; tail, 5.30- 6.20; culmen, 0.80- 0.85; tarsus, 2.10- 2.40 ; middle toe, 1.25- 1.30. Fourth to fifth quills longest; first shortest. Adult:- Above ( lark slate; the nape, and sometimes the pileum, streaked with white. Beneath entirely white; the sides of the neck and breast streaked with black. Tail dark slate, faintly whitish at the tip, and crossed a little beyond the middle by a narrow zone of white. Li* t of specimens examined.- In mus. Philad. Acad., 2; Boston Soc, 1; total, 3. LEUCOPTERNIS SEMIPLUMBEUS. facopternis semipUmbeus LAWR. And. N. Y. Lye. vii, 1861. 283; ib. ix. 1865, 133.- 8CL.& SALV. EX. Orn. 1868, 121, pi. lxi; Nom. Neotrop. 18( 59, 119.- SALV. Ibis, lh72,243. Buteosemiplumbeus GRAY, Hand List, i, 1869, 9. Vrubitinga semiplumbea SHARPE, Cat. Ace. B. M. 1874, 220. Wing, 7.20- 8.70; tail, 5.00- 7.80; culmen, 0.70- 0.85; tarsus, 2.20- 2.45 |
