90 On a neiv Germs of Harrier Eagles from West Africa. 



secundariis internis dorso concoloribus : cauda sordide 

 rufcscenti-brunnea : pileo suramo nigro, fascia supercil- 

 liari lata albji : facie laterali reliqua et collo laterali gri- 

 sescentibus, regione parotica saturatiore, genis albican- 

 tibus : subtus albus ; corpore laterali toto cum crisso et 

 subcaudalibus rufescenti-fulvis : subalaribus albidis fulvo 

 lavatis : rostro corneo^ mandibula fla\'icante, pedibus fla- 

 vicantibus. 

 Long. tot. 5-7, culm. 0*65^ al. 2*7, caud. 2, tars. 1. 



Forehead^ crowiij and nape black ; a broad white eyebrow 

 extending from the base of the beak to above the ear-coverts, 

 shading into grey behind the latter; under the eye and the 

 ear-coverts dusky black, cheeks whitish; upper surface of 

 body olive-brown, with a slight rufescent shade a little more 

 distinct on the upper tail-coverts ; quills dark brown, broadly 

 margined with the same colour as the back ; the inner secon- 

 daries uniform with the latter ; tail dark rufous brown ; chin, 

 throat, and centre of the body white ; sides and under tail- 

 coverts rufous buff; under wing- coverts whitish washed with 

 rufous buff. 



I name this bird after Mr. Cleaver, in acknowledgment 

 of his courtesy to me during my recent visit to Cape-Coast 

 Castle. 



XI. — Note on Dryotriorchis, a new Genus of Harrier Eagles 



from West Africa, By Captain G. E. Shelley. 

 I RECEIVED in one of my last consignments from the interior 

 of Fantee an adult specimen of the Astur spectabilis of Schle- 

 gel, which seems to indicate to me that we have hitherto been 

 mistaken in referring this bird to the Goshawks, and that it 

 is in fact an Aquiline form, with tarsi reticulated both before 

 and behind. Mr. Sharpe has examined the bird with me, 

 and agrees that it cannot be placed in any existing genus. 

 I therefore propose to make a new one for its reception as 

 follows : — 



Dryotriorchis, gen. nov.* 



Type D. spectabilis (Schl.) : Astur spectabilis, Schl. Ned. 

 Tijdschr. Dierk. i. p. 13, pi. 0. 



* bpiis, quercus, ct rpiopxrjs, accipiter. 



