266 FALCONID^. 



rest of under surface white, with sparsely distributed sjiots of dark 

 brown, larger and more cordiform on the flanks, and smaller on the 

 leg-feathers ; under wing-coverts white, spotted and mesial!}' streaked 

 with dark brown, the greater ones entirely brown, shaded -with ashy, 

 and tipped with buffy white ; cere bluish ; bill black, bluish at 

 gape ; feet pale yellow, claws black ; iris dull yellowish *. Total 

 length 38 inches, culmen 3, wing 27'5, tail 14, tarsus 5-2. 

 Hab, South Africa. 



a. 5 ad. st. South Africa. S. -African Museum. 



b. $ juv. sk. Snewberg, South Africa. Purchased. 



c. Skeleton. Zoological Society. 



4. Spizaetus coronatus. 



Crowned Eagle, Edwards, Gleanings, pi. 224 (1758). 



Aigle hupe d'Afrique, Briss. Oni. i. p. 448 (1760). 



Falco coronatus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 124 (1766). 



Le Blanchard, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. i. p. 12, pi. 3 (1799) ; Sundev. Krit. 



om Lev. p. 23 (1858). 

 Falco albescens, L)mid. Traite, ii. p. 45 (1800, ex Levaill.). 

 Aquila albescens, Diimmit, Diet. Sci. Nat. i. p. 361 (1816). 

 Morphnus albescens, Cuv. Regne An. i. p. 331 (1829). 

 Harpyia albescens, Siv. Classif. B. ii. p. 208 (1837). 

 Spizaetus albescens, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 14 (1845); StricM. Orn. Syn. 



p. 68 (1855). 

 Aquila coronata, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 14 (1845) ; Smith, III. Zool. S. 



Afr. pis. 40, 41 (1847). 

 Spizaetus coronatus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 28 (1850) ; Strickl. Orn. St/n. 



p. 68 (1855) ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 5 (1857) : Schl. Mus. P.'-B. 



Astures, p. 3 (1862) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 12 (1869) ; id. Ibis, 



1869, p. 362 ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 387 ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 13 (1869). 



Young male. Above brown, with indistinct bands of darker brown, 

 the subterminal spot often strongly pronounced ; all the feathers of 

 the upper surface broadly margined with white, small bands of which 

 colour appear on the outer web of the upper tail-coverts ; tail brown, 

 tipped with white, externally shaded with ashy grey on the inter- 

 spaces ; the lower surface of the wing white, mottled with ashy 

 grey and barred with blackish on inner web of secondaries ; the 

 primaries ashy grey towards their tips, and distinctly banded with 

 blackish brown ; tail black, tipped with whitish, and crossed with 

 three distinct bands of ashy grey, inclining to brown on inner web ; 

 head and neck white, with a slight tinge of fawn on the hinder part 

 of the latter ; under surface of body entirely white, with a few 

 distinct broad bars of dark brown on the sides of the vent ; the 

 outer aspect of the thighs largely spotted with dark brown ; under 

 wing-coverts white, the greater ones with a broad subterminal bar 

 of black. Total length 32 inches, culmen 2-5, wing 19-1, tail 13-6, 

 tarsus 3-8. 



Adult female. Above black, with a brownish shade on the greater 

 wing-coverts and scapulars near their bases ; quills pale brown, 



* These soft parts taken from a living bird in the Antwerp Gardens. An- 

 other one, not apparently different in plumage, had a brighter yellow iris. 



