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"227. Terathopius ecaudatus (Daud.), Traite, ii., 

 p. 54 (1800). [Anteniquoi country, S.Africa.] 

 Bataleur Eagle. 

 [T. leuconotus (Riipp.) is a synonym.] 



Wing $ 545, tail 122 mm. ; 3 wing 532, 

 tail 1 16 mm. ; head and under parts glossy 

 black ; hind neck, mantle and tail rich 

 maroon chestnut, lower back paler ; scapu- 

 lars and quills black ; wing-coverts pale 

 bronze brown, whitish on shoulder ; under 

 wing-coverts white ; axillaries black ; bill 

 black, feet coral red. 



Africa (Cape 

 Colony to 

 Egyptian Sudan 

 and E. Africa ; 

 Senegal). 



Gen. LXIII. HALI^ETUS Savigny (1809). 

 Type H. nisus=Falco alhicilla L. 



Size of, and with general characters of Aquila, but 

 tarsus not feathered more than half way down ; 

 the front scutellated, sides and back reticulated ; 

 no membrane between the toes ; head not crested, 

 but feathers of neck long and lanceolate ; tail 

 with 12 feathers. 



1*228. HalicBetus albicilla alhicilla (Linn.), S.N., i., 

 p. 89 (1758). [" Europa, America " — 

 latter errore — type loc. Sweden apud Har- 

 tert.] 

 White-tailed Eagle. 



Wing S 600-630, $ 650-690 mm. ; general 

 plumage brown, with paler greyish margins 

 to many of the feathers above ; head and 

 neck much paler, nearly white in very old 

 birds, with ashy brown streaks ; quills 

 black, shaded with grey externally ; longer 

 upper tail-coverts and tail pure white ; bill 

 and feet yellow. Immature : head and neck 

 blackish brown ; general plumage fulvous 

 brown, mottled with dark brown ; tail 

 brown. 



Europe, S. to 

 Mediterranean 

 on E. side ; 

 Iceland ; 

 Asia Minor, 

 Mesopotamia, 

 N. and E. Asia ; 

 in winter S. to 

 India ; cas. 

 Alaska ? 



