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DESCRIPTION'OF A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS BUTEO FROM MEXICO
Author(s) -
Sclater Philip Lutley
Publication year - 1858
Publication title -
proceedings of the zoological society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0370-2774
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1858.tb06391.x
Subject(s) - genus , zoology , citation , geography , library science , biology , computer science
CHELIDON CASHMERIENSIS, Gould. Considerably smaller than the common species Chelidon urbica, but of precisely the same form and colour, except tlist the axillaries and under part of the shoulder are dark brown instead of greyishwhite; the feathered tarsi occur in both species; crown of the head, back, and shoulders black, with steel-blue reflexions ; tail brownish-black ; throat, under surface, and rump white, stained with brown 011 the flanks. Total length, 4% inches ; wing, 3;; tail, 2 ; tarsi, &. Hab. Cashmere. Remark.-For our knowledge of this species we are indebted to Ih. A. Leith Adanis of the 22iid Regiment; several of whose discoveries in ornithology have already been recorded.