Note 84 — Family FALCONIDÆ.—The Falcons. (continued 4)
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Asturina nitida, var. nitida (Lath.). Falco nitidus, Lath. Ind. Orn. I, 40.—Daud.—Temm.—Spix. Astur n., D’Orb. Voy. Ois. p. 95.—Burm. Syst. Neb. II, 68.—Leotaud, Ois. Trin. p. 46.—Gray.—Vig.—Stephens.—Less.—D’Orb. Asturina n., Bonap. Consp. p. 30.—Caban. in Schomb. Guian. III, 737.—Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 3.—Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, 369; 1867, 589; 1868, 173; 1860, 288; 1869, 130.—Kaup.—Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Lyc. VII, 316. Dædalion n., Less. Tr. Orn. p. 65. Asturina cinerea, Vieill. Anal. 24, 68; Nouv. Dict. III, 41; Enc. Méth. III, 1260; Gal. Ois. pl. xx.—Vig. Zoöl. J. I, 324, 327.—Steph. Zoöl. XIII, pt. ii. Cymindis c., Less. Man. Orn. I, 91. Astur striolatus, Cuv. Règ. An. (ed. 2), I, 332.
Specimens examined.—Philadelphia Academy, 8; New York Museum, 1; Cab. G. N. Lawrence, 3; Boston Society, 4 (Brazil); Museum, Cambridge, 2 (Panama). Total, 18.
Measurements.—Sex not indicated. Wing, 9.80–10.20; tail, 7.00–8.00; culmen, .80–.90; tarsus, 2.55–2.78; middle toe, 1.60–1.65.