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Davis
1942
Chondrohierax uncinatus
Lake Omega, 200', Nef Lt. San Miguel, El Salvador
Feb. 23, 1942
Barred with black, sharply on primaries,
indistinctly on secondaries. Inner webs of
primaries with some white on the iron
between the black bars. The outer webs of
7-10 tinged with rufous distally but not
terminally. Tail dark slaty-brown with 3
black bands. Rectrices white tipped. Feathers
of underparts white, heavily barred with
slate brown, reddish brown, & pale buff, the
white much reduced or obsolete on feathers
of chin, throat, & breast, the whole under-
parts presenting a heavily barred aspect.
Undertail coverts buffy, with a few narrow
transverse, wavy bars of lilac brown. Axil-
lars same as feathers of abdomen. Under-
wing coverts buffy barred with wavy
streaks of slate brown, the greater coverts
less buffy, more creamy white. Underside
of remiges sharply barred black & white,
Silver gray
dark
some of the interfaces between the black
bars pale cinnamon to deep vinaceous. Under
side of rectrices barred silver gray & black,
some of the interfaces pale reddish- ochra-
ceous. Black sharpest on terminal band, but
becoming less distinct on all bands laterally.
Crop & stomach empty. No fat. Ore small.