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brown ; rest of under surface white, regularly crossed with narrow 

 bands of ashy brown, less distinct on the thighs and under wing- 

 coverts ; under wing-coverts white, the axillaries barred with ashy 

 brown like the breast ; cere and base of bill yellow ; bill blackish 

 towards tip ; feet yellow ; iris yellow. Total length 32 inches, cul- 

 men 1*9, wing 20-5, tail 11, tarsus 3-65. 

 Hob. Senegambia and North-eastern Africa. 



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"C. 

 0. 



de Chartrouse. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Bissao. M. Beaudouin 



h. 5 juv. St. Bissao. M. Beaudouin 



c. Juv. sk. Senegal. Baron Laugier 



4. Circaetus fasciolatus. 



(Jircaetus fasciolatus, Graii, Cat. Accipitr. p. 18 (1848); StricM. Oni. 



Syn. p. 48 (1855) ; Giirney, Ibis, 1861, p. 130, et 18(52, p. 35, pi. 3 ; 



Verr. et I)es Mum, Ibis, 1862, p. 211 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 14 



(18G9). 

 Spilornis fasciolatus, Kaup, Contr. Orn. 1850, p. 72. 

 Circaetus gaUicus (pt.), Schl. Revue Accipitr. p. 112 (1873). 



Adult (type of species). Above blackish, with paler margins to 

 the feathers of the upper surface, inclining to white on the greater 

 wing-coverts, scapulars, rump, and upper taU-coverts ; quills black- 

 ish, tipped with white, the primaries externally shaded with ashy 

 grey ; the secondaries browner, barred across with blackish brown, 

 the subtcrminal band being much the broadest ; the inner web of 

 the quills white or ashy white, the cross bars very distinct below ; 

 tail pale ashy brown, tipped with white and crossed with four 

 broad black bands, the ashy brown interspaces tinged slightly with 

 whity brown ; head and neck ashy brown, a little darker on the 

 crown, with a narrow hne of black over the eye ; throat and chest 

 fulvous brown, with more or less concealed spots of white ; rest of 

 under surface white, broadly ban-ed across with rather darker brown 

 deepest on the flanks ; the under tail-coverts quite white, as also 

 the under wing-coverts, the latter of which have a few markings of 

 pale brown ; axillaries white, regularly barred across with pale 

 brown ; cere yellow ; bill bluish, black towards tip ; feet yellow ; 

 iris yellow. Total length 25 inches, culmen 1-9, wing 14*6, tail 

 10-5, tarsus 3-4. 



Hah. Natal. 



a. Ad. st. Port Natal. Purchased. Type of species. 



5. Circaetus cinerascens. 



Circaetus cinerascens, Midi. Nauni. 1851, Ileft iv. p. 27 ; id. Beitr. 



Vdq. Afr. Lief. ii. pi. 6 (1853) ; Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 48 (1855) ; 



Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 149. 

 Circaetus zonurus, Pr. v. JJ'iirt. MS. ; Ueuql. Syst. Uebers. p. 8 (1856), 



et Ibis, 1800, p. 410, pi. XV. ; Verr. et Des Murs, Ibis, 1802, p. 209 ; 



Scl. Ibis, 1804, p. 304 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 14 (1809) ; Souza, 



Cat. Accipitr. Lish. Mus. p. ^5 (1809); Heuql. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 



p. 86, Taf. 3 (1869) ; Schl. Revue Accipitr. p. 113 (1873). 

 Circaetus melauotis, Verr. in Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 7 (18i>7). 



