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213. Eutriorchis astur Sharpe, P.Z.S., 1875, p. 73 Madagascar, 

 pi. xiii. [S. Madagascar, type in Brit. Mus.] 

 Madagascar Serpent-Eagle. 



Above brown, tail with about 8 blackish 

 bars ; below white, narrowly banded with 

 black ; throat and chest ashy ; wing 341 mm. 



Gen. LX. CIRCAETUS Vieill. (1816). 

 Type by monotypy " Jean-le-Blanc " Buff =Falco gallicus Gm. 



Tarsus reticulated ; head with a short crest as in 

 Dryotriorchis ; wings long ; size large, length 

 25-32 in. 



1*214. Circaetus gallicus (Gmel.), S.N., i., p. 259 

 (1788). [France.] 

 Short-toed Eagle. 



Wing S 500-530, ? 540-560 mm. ; above 

 dark brown, with a purplish gloss, head and 

 wing-coverts paler ; forehead and face 

 whitish, with lines of black ; secondaries 

 barred with darker brown and with broad 

 subterminal band ; quills black ; tail 

 tipped with white and with 3 blackish 

 bands ; below white, throat and chest 

 heavily striped and flanks and abdomen 

 barred with brown ; juv. below pale earthy 

 brown, abdomen white, spotted and barred 

 with brown ; tail with 4 darker bands. 



S. Europe 

 N. to France, 

 Germany, 

 C. Russia ; 

 N. Africa 

 (Marocco to 

 Egypt), C. Asia 

 to India and 

 N. China. 



215. Circaetus pecioralis^ Smith, S. Afr. O.J., 

 Ser. 1, 1830, p. 109. [5. Africa.] 

 Black-breasted Snake-Eagle. 



Wing ? 563-570 mm. ; above brownish 

 black ; secondaries and wing-coverts barred 



S. Africa to 

 to E. Tropical 

 Africa and 

 Abyssinia. 



^ Circaetus nifulus Reicheiiow, Orn. .M.B., xiii., pp. 179-80 (1905). [Songea, 

 Tanganyika Territory] appears to be based on an immature bird. Mr. W. Sclater 

 thinks it is referrable to this species. 



