BAZA. 409 



There is a long nuchal crest of but few feathers. The bill is 

 stout, the culmen well curved, and the cutting-edge of the upper 

 mandible furnished in adults with two teetli or j^rojeeting angles 

 on each side (in young birds the tooth is often single) ; the cere 

 is small ; nostrils narrow, slightly oblique, with the upper border 

 membranous. Wings moderate, the '3rd or 4th quill longest ; 

 tail extending beyond the closed wings, square at the end. Feathers 

 on anterior part of flanks very long, covering the sides of the 

 abdomen. Tarsus short, feathered in front for half its length or 

 rather more, naked parts reticulated ; toes scutellate above ; middle 

 toe about as long as the tarsus, outer toes subequal. 



This genus is found in Africa and Madagascar, the Oriental region 

 and parts of the Australian. About a dozen species are known, of 

 which three occur within our limits. 



Key to the Species* 



a. Upper plumage chiefly black ; .3rd quill longest. B. lophotes, p. 409. 



b. Upper plumage brown ; 4tli quill longest. 



a'. Sides of throat rufous in adults; wing 1.3. . B. jerdoni, p. 411. 

 h'. Sides of throat grey in adults ; wing 12 ... . B. ceylonensis, p. 411. 



Fig. 99. — Head of B. lophotes, |. 



1251. Baza lophotes. The BJael-crested Baza. 



Falco lophotes, Tmw. PL Col. pi. 10 (1824). 



Falco lathami, J. E. Gray in Griff. An. Kiny. vi, p. 30 (1829), 



Baza syama, Hodys. J. A. S. B. v, p. 777 (1836) ; vi, p. 362. 



Baza lophotes, G. B. Graif, List Gen. B. (1840) p. 4 ; Jerdon, Madr. 

 Jour. L. S. xiii, pt. 2, p. 117; Blyth, Cat. p. 17 ; Laynrd,A.M. N. H. 

 (2) xii, p. 102; Horsf. ^- M. Cat. i, p. 62 ; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. Ill 

 Hume, jRouyh Notes, p. 337 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. 2 

 p. 93 ; Sharjje, Cat. B. M. i, p. 3-52 ; Blyth, Birds Bunn. p. 60 ; 

 Inglis, S. F. v, p. 15 ; Hume ^- Dav. S. F. vi, p. 24 ; Hume, Cat. 

 no. 58 ; Bingham, S. F. viii, p. 191 ; ix, p. 145 ; Legge, Birds Ceyl, 

 p. 98 ; Oates, B. B. ii, p. 208 ; Hum£ ^ Cripips, S. F. xi, p. 16 

 Hauxwell, Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. vii, p. 403. 



Coloration. Adult. Head and neck all round with long nuchal 

 crest, and upper plumage generally, including the whigs and tail, 



