63. ELANUS, 337 



Elanus melanopterus, Leach, Zool. Misc. p. 5, pi. 122 (1817) ; Oould, 



B. Eur. i. pi. 31 (1837) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 26 (1845) ; Bp. Consp. 



i. p. 22 (18.50); HaHl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 11 (1857); Frit^ch, Viig. 



Eur. tab. 9. fig. 4 (1858) ; Schl. Mas. P.-B. MHvi, p. 6 (1862) ; Jerd. 



B. Lid. i. p. 112 (1862) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 26 (1867) ; Heugl. 



Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 100 (1869); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 570; 



Gray, Hand-l B. i. p. 28 (1869) ; Sutne, Bough Xofes, ii. p. 21 



(1870) ; Finsch u. HaHl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 65 (1870) ; Hume, Sir. F. 



i. pp. 21, 163 (1873) ; Schl ^Revue Accipitr. p. 180 (1873). 

 Elanoides csesius, Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. 3Ieth. iii. p. 1206 (1823). 

 Buteo vociferus, Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. Meth. iii. p. 1220 (1823). 

 Elanus minor, Bp. Consp. i. p. 22 (1850) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 28 



(1869). 

 Elanus caenileus, Strickl. Oni. Syn. p. 137 (1855) ; Loche, Expl. Sci. 



Alger., Ois. i. p. 80 (1867) ; Begl. et Gerbe, Oi~n. Eur. i. p. 68 (1867); 



Shelley, B. Egypt, p. 198 (1872) ; Gumey, in Anderss. B. Dain. Ld. 



p. 20 (1872). 



Adult. Above ashy grey, lighter on the head ; forehead and a 

 rather distinct eyebrow, lores, and sides of face white, the ear-coverts 

 washed with ashy grey ; feathers round the eye and eyelashes black ; 

 lesser and median wing-coverts and a little patch on the outer edge 

 of the wing black, greater coverts ashy grey ; primary coverts and 

 quills ashy grey above and below, the latter white at the base, shafts 

 black, smaller quiUs paler and inner secondaries darker, like the 

 back ; tail ashy white, the two centre feathers more ashy grey ; 

 under surface of body pure white, including the under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries ; cere, orbits, and feet yellow ; bill black ; iris car- 

 mine. Total length 13'2 inches, culmen 1-05, wing 10'6, tail 

 5-6, tarsus 1-4. 



Young. Ashy brown, with broad buffy white tips to the feathers ; 

 tail also ashy brown, whiter on the inner web ; wing-coverts black, 

 as in adult, with indistinct buffy white tips ; forehead and eyebrow 

 white, with narrow rufous-brown streaks ; sides of face and under 

 parts silky white, the sides of the breast washed with rufous, narrow 

 streaks of which also appear down the centre of the breast and on 

 the flanks ; iris light brown. 



Hah. The whole of Africa, including the northern countries bor- 

 dering the Mediterranean ; South-eastern Europe : Indian peninsula , 

 and Ceylon. 



a, h. Ad. St. Egypt. W. B. D. Tumbull, Esq. [P.]. 



c. Ad. St. Egypt. John Bowring, Esq. [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Egypt. Capt. Shelley [P.]. 



e. Juv. sk. R. Gambia. Governor RendalT [P.]. 

 /. Ad. sk. R. Gambia. Purchased. 



g. Ad. sk. Accra. Capt. Shelley [P.]. 



^, Ad. sk. River Quanza. J. J. Monteiro, Esq. [C.]. 



h. Ad. St. Zambesi. Dr. Kirk [C.]. 



t. (S ad. sk. Transvaal. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



k. Ad. sk. Transvaal. A. Foresman, Esq.LP.J. 



/. Ad. sk. Natal. Purchased. 



m. S pull. St. Elephant River. M. Verreaux [C.l. 



n. Pull. St. South Africa. Sir A. Smith [C._ 



o. Ad. St. South Africa. Earl of Derby [P']. 



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