Measurements.—♂. Wing, 12.40–13.25; tail, 8.50–9.00; culmen, .62–.63; tarsus, 2.42–2.60; middle toe, 1.20–1.25. Specimens, 11. ♀. Wing, 13.75–14.50; tail, 9.30–10.50; culmen, .75–.80; tarsus, 2.80–3.00; middle toe, 1.40–1.50. Specimens, 5.
[81] Not admissible as having been bestowed by a non-binomial author, and of prior date to the commencement of binomial nomenclature.
[82] In the collection of the National Museum are two specimens of cooperi, var. gundlachi, in the young plumage. They differ from the young of var. cooperi merely in darker colors, the brown markings being larger and more numerous, as well as deeper in tint. That their character may be better understood, I furnish the following more detailed descriptions:—
Young male (41,129, Cuba, Dr. Gundlach). Above dark, blackish vandyke-brown, the feathers bordered inconspicuously with dark rusty; tail dull slate, narrowly tipped with ashy-white, and crossed with four broad bands of dusky, almost equal to the slate; beneath white, much tinged on breast and tibiæ with reddish-ochraceous; thickly striped with umber-brown, except on crissum; the streaks on throat narrow and cuneate, those on breast broad, and on sides changing into broad transverse spots or bars; tibiæ thickly spotted transversely with more reddish, nearly rufous, brown; larger lower tail-coverts with narrow shaft-streaks of black. Occiput showing much concealed white; the ends of the feathers deep black. Wing, 8.60; tail, 7.50; culmen, .68; tarsus, 2.50; middle toe, 1.70.
Young female (41,128, Cuba, Dr. Gundlach). Similar, but more thickly striped beneath, the dark markings about equalling the white in extent; whole sides with large transverse spots of umber, cuneate along shaft. Wing, 10.50; tail, 9.50.
The synonomy of this race is as follows: Accipiter gundlachi, Lawrence, Ann. N. Y. Lyc. VII, May, 1860, 252.—Gund. Rep’t, 1865, 224.—Scl. & Salv. Ex. Orn. I, 170.—Gray, Hand List, I, 33, No. 319. The N. fuscus, var. fringilloides (Vigors), of Cuba, I have not seen. Its synonomy stands as follows: Accipiter fringilloides, Vig. Zoöl. Journ. III, 1826, 534.—Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Lyc. VII, 1860, 255 (with descriptions and synonomy).—Gundl. Rep’t, 1865, 224.—Gray, Hand List, I, 32, No. 311.
[83] Astur palumbarius, var. palumbarius (Linn.). Falco palumbarius, Linn. S. N. 1766, 130. Astur p., Cuv. Règ. An. (ed. 1), I, 320; et Auct. Hab. Europe and Asia.
Specimens examined.—National Museum, 2; Philadelphia Academy, 10; Boston Society, 5; Museum Comp. Zoöl., Cambridge, 1; New York Museum, 1. Total, 19.
Measurements.—♂. Wing, 12.25–13.70; tail, 9.40–10.00; culmen, .80; tarsus, 3.00; middle toe, 1.80. ♀. Wing, 13.80–14.50; tail, 10.10–10.90; culmen, .90–.95; tarsus, 2.80–3.15; middle toe, 2.05–2.20.
[84] 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.