(BROWN BUZZARD.)
+Urubitinga meridionalis+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 119; _iid. P.
Z. S._ 1869, p. 634 (Buenos Ayres); _Salvin, Ibis_, 1880, p. 362
(Salta). +Heterospizias meridionalis+, _Sharpe, Cat. B._ i.
p. 160; _Barrows, Auk_, 1884, p. 109 (Entrerios). +Asturina
rutilans+, _Burm. La-Plata Reise_, ii. p. 436 (Tucuman).
_Description._--Above slaty grey, passing into ferruginous rufous
on the head, and blackish on the lower tail-coverts; wing-feathers
chestnut, with narrow transverse black bars and long black ends;
tail black, with a broad median white band and white tip: beneath
clear ferruginous red, with narrow transverse black bars; bill
black, yellow at the base; feet yellowish brown: whole length 20·0
inches, wing 16·5, tail 8·3. _Female_ similar, but larger.
_Hab._ South America.
This Buzzard inhabits the northern portion of the Argentine Republic,
and is also found in the woods and marshes along the Plata basin,
ranging south to Buenos Ayres. The wings are larger and the flight
slower than in the last species. The plumage is nearly of a uniform
dark brown.
At Concepcion, in Entrerios, Mr. Barrows tells us it is not unfrequently
seen in cold weather. In July 1880, during an almost unprecedented rise
of the river, it was quite abundant. The stomach of a gorged female
examined contained only young grasshoppers.