53. HALIAETUS. 



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Younff. Above dark brown, with dull fawn-coloured margins to 

 the feathers, the interscapulary region and greater wing-coverts 

 blacker, as also are the centres to the other wing-coverts ; head 

 and neck lighter than the back, washed with sandy colour, the sides 

 of the face entirely sandy rufous ; quills black, the secondaries ex- 

 ternally washed with bronzy brown, and slightly tipped with rufous, 

 the lower surface of the quUls ashy grey, inclining to blackish at 

 the tips of the primaries ; upper tail-coverts rather lighter brown 

 than the back, with margins of paler brown ; tail black, shaded 

 with bronzy brown, and tipped with rufous, under surface ashy; 

 under surface of body brown, with light edgings to the feathers, 

 inclining to rufous on the breast, and to whity brown on the abdo- 

 men, the throat light brown ; thighs blackish, as also the under 

 wing-coverts, the latter slightly margined with rufous. 



Hab. The same as that of the genus. 



Purchased. 



Purchased. 



Pm-chased. 



Consul Petherick [C.l. 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



Zoological Society. 



2. Helotarsus leuconotus. 



Helotarsus leuconotus, Hiijyp. Si/st. Uebers. p. 10 (1845, ex Wiirt. 

 MS.) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 18 (1869). 



Exactly similar to H. ecanclatiis, of which it is perhaps the fuUy 

 adult bird, but having the back creamy fulvous. Total length 

 22 inches, culmen 2*4, tail 4-2, tarsus 3-1. 



Hab. North-eastern and Southern Africa. 



a. Ad. st. 



b. Skeleton. 



South Africa. 



53. HALIAETUS. 



Purchased. 

 Zoological Society. 



Haliaetus, Saviffn. Syst. Ois. d'Egypte, p. 254 (1809) H. 



Cuncuma, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. \\. p. 367 (1837) H. 



Pontoaetus, Kaiip, Classif. Sdug. u. Vdg. p. 122 (1844) H. 



Thalassoaetus, Kaup, t. c. p. 123 H. 



Pontoaetus, Kaup, Mtts. Senck. iii. p. 261 (1845) .... H. 

 Blagi-us, Blytk, Cat. B. Mm. A. S. B. p. 30 (1849) . . H. 



Type. 



albicillus. 



leucoryphus. 



leucogaster. 



pelagicus. 



leucogaster. 



leucogaster. 



Head of Haliaetus albicillus (reduced). 



