Below Wrti'iiiei' tawny loddi.sh. 

 177a. Giipaetus barbalHS barbatus (Liuii.) .S.N.I, Atlas Mtii>s., 

 \)\ 87. (HoS.) {Africa.] N. Africa 



Atlas Beiirded Vulture. (Morocco, 



Algeria, 

 Tunis.) 



Length oS in. ; wing 29 in. ; cheeks white 

 Avithout the black markings : tarsus bare 

 toAAcirds lo\\er i)art. 

 177b. Gijpaetns burbalua merklionalis, Keys, and S. .Africa, 

 Bias.. Wirbelt. Euro[). j). xxviii. (1840). [S. Xubia, 

 Africa.] Abyssinia. 



Southern Bearded Vulture. 



SUB. FAM. V. AQUILIN/E. 



Outer toe coiniectcd to middle toe b}^ membrane : 

 tibia nnich longer than tarsus, Avhich is reticulated 

 on liinder aspect and generally more or less clothed 

 with feathers ; bill large, long and powerful ; cutting 

 edge of iipper mandible festooned, but not toothed ; 

 wings long ; tail moderate ; sexes generally alike. 



Gen. XLV. UROAETUS Kaup (1844). 



Tail strongh' graduated, Avedge -shaped ; tarsi 

 clothed with feathers all round to base ot toes. 



Size large ; length 38, Aving 24.2 in. ; general 

 colour aboA'e and beloAA' black, broAvner on 

 Avings ; nape taAvny chestnut ; uj)per tail- 

 coA^erts broAAii mottled Avith Avhite ; tail 

 feathers Avhite at base of inner A\'eb. 



178. Uroaetus audax auclax (Lath.) Lid. Orn. E. & W. 

 Suppl. p. ii (1801). [Netv South Wales.] Australia, 

 Wedge-tailed Eagle. Tasmania. 



Gen. XLVI. AQUILA Briss. (1760). 



Tail nearly square or moderately rounded ; tarsi 

 feathered all round : toes reticulated aboA'e, except 

 last phalanx Avhich is scaled ; head without crest ; 

 claws powerful and curA^ecl. 



Length ($) 37, Aving 26 in. ; plumage black, 

 AA'ith back, rumi) and some of scajaulars AA^hite ; 

 immature faAvii colour, tail uniform. 



179. Aquila verreauxi Less., Cent. Zool. p. 105, S.Africa, 

 taf . 38 (1830). [Inferior of Cape of Good N.E. Africa 

 Hope.] (Abyssinia) 



Palestine 

 (occ.) 



