49. CIRCAETtJS. 283 



Hmid-l. B. i. p. 14 (1869); Hemjl. Om. X.O.-Afr. i. p. 84 

 (looU). 

 Circaetus funereus, Antm. Cat. Ucc. p. 11 (180-3; ; Hartmann, J. f. O 

 loub, p. 12.3. "^ 



Yonncj. Above brown ; the feathers of the head and upper surface 

 broadly margined with light tawny or pale fulvous ; quills blackish 

 the secondaries browner, all broadly margined and tipped with pale 

 tawny, inner webs white below; the secondaries ashy grey towards 

 their tips ; tail brown, tipped with fulvous and crossed with three 

 indistinct bands of ashy grey ; head and neck tawny, with narrow 

 central shaft-stnpes of dark brown, much broader on hind neck • 

 lores whitish ; over the eye a narrow Une of black feathers • ear- 

 coverts a little browner than the head, washed with tawny and nar- 

 rowly streaked with darker brown ; under surface of body lio-ht 

 orange tawny ; the throat whitish and streaked with narrow sliaft- 

 hnes of dark brown extending on to the chest, but absent on breast 

 and abdomen, which are much varied ^^-ith white bases and bars to 

 the leathers; the under tail-coverts white, with broad bars of 

 ta^viiy. 



Mcdure. Dark brown above and below; the feathers of the upper 

 surface margined with paler brown : lores whitish ; a narrow m^ar 

 and superciliary streak of black feathers ; quiUs blackish, the secon- 

 daries browner, with narrow tips of whity brown ; the inner web of 

 the quills ashy white with mottlings of pure white ; tail ashy bro^vn 

 tipped with whitish and crossed with four blackish bands, the two 

 basal ones often merged and indistinct; feathers of the lower sur- 

 face brown hke the upper, but most of the feathers with scarcely 

 concealed white bases, showing more distinctly on the abdomen and 

 tlanks; under wmg-coverts much varied with white, especially 

 on the outer margin, where the feathers are white spotted with 

 brown. 



Adult. Above brownish black, some of the A^-ing-coverts and sca- 

 pulars with narrow whitish margins ; quills blackish, the secondaries 

 tipped with white and broadly barred across with ashy grey, with 

 which also the primaries are washed externally; greater wino-- 

 coverts also barred with ashy grey like the secondaries; outer upper 

 tail-coverts narrowly tipped and broadly barred on external web • 

 only with white ; tail ashy brown tipped with whitish and crossed 

 with four distinct blackish bands : lores whitish, as also the feathers 

 at base of lower mandible ; over the eye a disrinct narrow Hne of 

 black feathers ; throat blackish, slightly streaked with white • chest 

 uniform brownish black ; rest of under surface of bodv, including 

 the under wmg- and tail-coverts, pure white ; cere and 'gape olive- 

 yellow ; bill blackish: iris fulvescent. Total length 29 inches 

 culraen 2-1.5, wing 21, taU 11, tarsus 3-85. 



Adult female. A little larger than the male. Total length 30 

 inches, wing 22-5, tail 12-5, tarsus 3-95. 



Hah. The whole of Africa, excepting the forest-region on the west 

 coast. 



