(LONG-WINGED HARRIER.)
+Circus macropterus+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 118; _iid. P. Z.
S._ 1868, p. 143 (Buenos Ayres); _Döring, Exp. al Rio Negro_, p.
50 (Rio Colorado). +Buteo macropterus+, _d'Orb. Voy., Ois._ p.
112 (Buenos Ayres). +Circus maculosus+, _Sharpe, Cat. B._ i. p.
62. +Circus megaspilus+, _Gould, Zool. Voy. Beagle_, iii. p. 29
(Uruguay).
_Description._--Above black; frontal band, superciliaries, and upper
tail-coverts white; edge of facial ruff spotted with white; wing-
and tail-feathers grey, with black cross bands: beneath white, chest
and throat black, with some white streaks; under wing-coverts white,
with narrow blackish cross bands: whole length 20·0 inches, wing
17·0, tail 10·0. _Female_ similar, but larger.
_Hab._ South America.
This Harrier is also found in the Republic, but is not so common as the
former species.