89 



22."). 



220. 



Avitli A\liitt' bases : beloM' barred \\ith Mliitc 



and rufous brown. 



Butastnr indicus (Giuel.), S.X.,i., p. 264 (1788). 



I ex Lath.— Java.} 



Eastern Buzzaid-HaAvk. 



Leng:th ad. 16.5 ; wing 12.3 in. : above 

 cinereous bioAvn with black shaft-stripes, and 

 rufous margins to the feathers ; head and 

 neck darker ; least wing-coveits and quills 

 rufous ; tail with 3 or 4 blackish bands, except 

 on centi-e feathers ; throat creamy buff ; 

 below pale rufous, with narrow shaft streaks. 

 Butastur rufi])cnnis (8und.), ffifv. Vet. Akad. 

 Forh. Stockh., 1850, p. 131 (1851). [near 

 Kharloum, tyjie in 8tockh. Mus.J 

 African Buzzard-Hawk. 



Ussuri -land, 

 Jajian and 

 E. China ; in 

 winter to S. 

 China, Malay 

 Peninsula, 

 Philippine 

 Is., Celebes, 

 Borneo, etc. 



N.E. Africa, 

 (Egyi:)t, 

 vSudan, 

 Abyssinia, 

 Br. E. Africa, 

 '■ German " 

 E. Africa). 



Gen. LXI TERATHOPIUS Less. (Traite, li\T. i. 



[=Helotarsus, auct. plur.] 



Head with a crest of rounded feathers ; tail ex- 

 tremely short ; wings exceeding tij) of tail by more 

 than length of tarsus. 



Length $ 25, wing 21.5, tail 5 in., c^ length 21, 

 wing 21.2, tail 4.5 in. ; head and under parts 

 glossy black ; hind neck, mantle and tail 

 rich maroon chestnut, lower back joaler ; 

 scapidars and quills black ; wing-coverts j)ale 

 bronze brown, whitish on shoulder ; under 

 wing-coverts white ; axillaries black ; bill 

 black, feet coral red. 

 227. Teratlioinus ecaudatus Daud., Traite, ii., p. 54 

 (1800). \^Anteniquoi country, S. Africa.'] 

 Bataleur Eagle. 

 \T. leuconotiis (Riipp.) is a synonym.] 



Febr., 1830). 



Africa (Cape 

 Colony to 

 Egyptian 

 Sudan and 

 E. Africa ; 

 Senegal). 



