380 



FALCONID^ 



POLYBOROIDES 



554. Polyboroides typicus. Harrier Hmrk. 



Polyboroides typicus, Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. i, p. 107 (1830) ; id. 

 lUiis. Zool.'s. Afr. Aves, pis. 81, 82 (1813); P. L. Sclater, P.Z.S. 

 1863, p. 162 ; LaynnJ, B. S. Afr. p. 32 (1867) ; Gurney, Ihifi, 1868, 

 p. 146; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. i, p. 48 (1874); id. ed. Layard's B. 8. 

 Afr. Y>ix 9, 790 (1875-84) ; Gurnry, Ibis, 1875, p. 221 ; Butler, Feilden, 



Fig. 131. — Foot of Polyboroideff tyincits. x |, 



and Rcid, Zool. 1882, p. 128 [Newcastle] ; Fled; Journ. Ornith. 1894, 

 p. 292 [Gt. Namaqualancl] ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 158 (1896) ; Wood- 

 ward Bros. Natal B. p. 140 (1899) ; Alexander, Ibis, 1900, p. 438 

 [Zambesi] ; Beiehenow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 531 (1901). 

 Polyboroides radiatus {nee Scop.), Guruey, Ibis, 1859, pp. 153, 237 

 [Natal] ; id. Deseri2^. Cat. Baiit. Bds. p. 12 (1861) ; id. Ibis, 1862, 

 p. 85. 



Description. Adult male. — General colour above, slaty-grey, 

 some of the feathers of the back of the head elongated to form 



