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54. GYPOHIERAX. 



Type. 



Gypohierax, Riipp. Neite Wirb. p. 46 (18.35) G. angolensis. 



Racama, J. E. Gray in G. R. Grmfs List of Genera, 



p. 1 (1840) G. angolensis. 



Range. West Africa, from Senegambia to Angola. East Africa, 

 Island of Pemba, near Zanzibar. 



1. Gypohierax angolensis. 



Angola Vulture, Penn. Tour in Wales, i. p. 307, pi. 16 (1778). 



Falco angolensis, Gm. S. N. i. p. 252 (1788, ex Penn.). 



Vultur angolensis, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 7 (1790) ; Shaw, Mus. Lever. 



p. 153, pi. 37 (1792). 

 Gypaetus angolensis, Dand. Traite, ii. p. 27 (1800). 

 Polyborus hypoleucus, Benn. P. Z. S. 1830-31, p. 13; id. Gard. Zool. 



Soc. ii. p. 303 (1831). 

 Gypohierax angolensis, Riipp. N. W. p. 46 (1835, note) ; Gray, Gen. 



B. i. p. 7, pi. 4 (1844) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 12 (1850) ; Strickl. Orn. 



Syn. p. 14 (1855) ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. pp. 1, 246 (1857) ; Pelz. 



Verh. z.-b. Wien, 1861, p. 134; Wolf, Zool. Sk. pi. 38 (1861); 



Gurney, Cat. Rapt. B. Norw. Mus. p. 80 (1864) ; Gray, Hand-l. 



B. i. p. 4 (1869) ; Shari^e, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 146 ; Fifisch tc. Hartl. 



Yog. Ostafr. p. 37 (1870) ; Pelz. Ibis, 1873, p. 106. 

 Eacama angolensis, J. E. Gray in G. R. Gray's List Gen. B. p. 1 (1840). 

 Vultur hypoleucus, Jard. S,- Selby, 111. Orn. ser. 2, pi. 13 (c. 1840). 

 Haliaetus angolensis, Schl. Naiim. 1852, p. 24; id. Mus. P.-B, 



Aquilce, p. 18 (1862) ; id. Revue Accipifr. p. 119 (1873). 



Adult male. General colour white ; scapulars black, except 

 the very highest, which are mottled with white ; quills black, 

 the primaries for the most part white, excepting the tips, which 

 are black, and the outer web, which is more or less mottled 

 with black, the inner web less so ; tail black, with a very broad 

 white tip, forming a terminal band ; aU the rest of the body white ; 

 head slightly crested ; cere grey ; bare skin of face flesh-colour ; 

 feet rosy flesh-colour ; iris light yellow. Total length 23 inches, 

 culmen 2-5, wing 17"2, tail 8-8, tarsus 3-35. 



Adult female. Similar to male, but larger. Total length 24-5 

 inches, culmen 2-7, wing 17, tail 9-5, tarsus 3-5. {Mus. Lugd.) 



Hah. The same as that of the genus. 



a. 5 ad. sk. Kattenbella, Benguela. J. J. Monteiro, Esq. [0.]. 



b. Ad. sk. River Congo. J. Cranch, Esq. [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Gaboon. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. River Niger. Dr. Baikie [P.]. 



e. (S ad. st. Fernando Po. L. Eraser, Esq. [C.]. 



f. Ad. St. Fantee. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



" Juv. sk. Fantee. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



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55. HALIASTUR. 



Type. 



Haliastur, Selby, Cat. Gen. S,- Suby. Typ. p. 3 (1840) .... H. Indus. 



Dentiger, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 81 (1844) .... H. indus. 



Ictinoaetus, Kaup, Contr. Orn. 1850, p. 73 H. indus. 



Milvaquila, Burm. Vers. Zool. Mm. Halle, p. 24 (1850). . H. indus. 



