BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA 



453 



Afraetus Roberts, Ann. Transv. Mus., x, 1924, 80. (Substitute name for 

 Micraetus Roberts, preoccupied.) _ . 



Psammoaetus Roberts, Ann. Transv. Mus., x, 1924, 79. (Type, by original 

 designation, Aquila nipaleiisis Hodgson.) 



Figure 34. — Aquila chrysaetos. 



Large and powerful Accipitridae ^^ (wing about 584-699 mm.), with 

 tarsi densely feathered, all around, to base of toes, wing long and 

 pointed, the longest primaries exceeding distal secondaries by more 

 than one-third the length of wing, and with feathers of nape and 

 hindneck (but not those of foreneck) lanceolate. 



SI The description of generic characters is based on A. chrysaetos alone. 



