jÇ'.z Ora PkLe LXXXIX,
P l a t e LXXXIX.
ASTURINA rUCHERANI
(PTJCnEEAN’S BUZZABD-DAWK).
Esparvero m d a y i
A s tu r magnirostris
N isu s magnirostris
A s tu r in a pucAerani
S u p o rn is gularis
A stu rin a gularis
A stu rin a pucherani
Azara, A p u a t. I . p . 131, no. 30.
H a r tl. In d . Azara, p. 2.
D ’Orb. Voy. Ois. p. 91.
B urm. P . Z, S. 1868, p . 633. (?)
J . e t E. V e rre a u s , B . Z. 1855, p. 350.
L ic h t. in Mua. Berol.
Lich t, Nomenel. p. 3.
Schlegel, Mus. de P . B. Asturince, p. 4 (1862).
Sel, e t Salv. P.Z.S. 1869, p. 133.
S u p rà obscure fusca : c apite obscuriore ; remigibus p rima riis ad b a sin ferru g in eis u ig ro tran s fa sciatis , in tù s in
pogonio in te rio re cinnamomeis ad apieeia n ig ris : g u lâ fusco-uigrâ : p e ctore e t v e n tre to to cum tib iis pallidè fulvis, lineis
an g u stis ferru g in eis p a rc e tran s fa sciatis : c au d â n ig ric an te , ru fo la te triv it ta tâ e t te rm in a tà ; ro s tro nigro, cerà e t
p edibus flavis : un g u ib u s n ig ris ; long, to ta 15 5, alæ 10 0, caudæ 6'5, ta rs i 3 '0 . Ju nior. S u p rà fuscescentior, plumarum
marginibus pallidis : fro n te e t superciliis fulvescentibus : g u lâ albidâ ; pe cto re sparsìm n ig ro flammulato.
Hah. in rep. A rg e n tin a , Pa rag u ay à, e t Bolivia.
We now give a figure o f a third species o f Asturina, belonging to the same group as those
represented in the preceding plates, but occupymg, as is usually the case with such near allies,
a distinct area, in which it plays a corresponding part in the economy o f nature.
The earliest author after the time o f Azara, that seems to have noticed this Asturina is
d’Orbigny, who, in speaking o f his so-called Astur magnirostris, draws especial attention to the
differences between his series o f this bird from Corrientes and Bolivia, and that in the Paris
Museum from Brazil, and concludes that they fonn “ two distinct and constant varieties.”
But the first specific name directly applied to it appears to he pucherani, under which title the
MM. Verreaux described the Immature dress o f this species in the “ Kevue de Zoologie” for
1855. Amounted specimen belonging to the Norwich Museum is marked as the original of
this description in the handwriting o f M. Jules Veri'eaux, and perfectly accords with the
characters given. We believe we are correct in referiing it to the immature dress o f the present
species. A nearly similar specimen is in the British Museum, also received from Verreaux
xmàci Aid namQ Asturina pucherani, but with “ Guatemala” attached as a locality. This is
undoubtedly an error, as it does not correspond with any one o f our extensive series o f tbe
Central-American form.
II
i!j
' r