inhabiting the South of Africa. 
partim plumis et partim squa- 
mis rigidis elevatis tecti ; digitr 
squamosi et prope ungues scu- | 
tullati ; ungques inequales mo- 
dice curvati. — Remex 2da. 
longissima, 1m4. et 3tia. fere 
cequales. 
Til 
Tarsi short, partly covered 
with feathers, and partly with 
rough elevated scales; toes 
scaly, and towards claws scu- 
tulate ; claws unequal, mo- 
derately curved. The second 
wing feather the longest, the 
first and third nearly equal. 
Hetotarsvs typicus. Boot or Berghaan of the Colonists. 
Falco ecaudatus, Shaw, vol. 7, p.98.—Le Bateleur, Le Vail- 
lant Ois. Afr. pl. 7 and 8. 
H. niger, dorso, caudaque rufis; humeris griseo-fuscis ; tectrici- 
bus alarum nigris ; primariis et secundariis, griseis aut cinereis 
prope bases, nigris versus apices. 
Male.—Tip of bill black ; base and the cere orange; eyes 
deep red; head, neck, and under parts clear black ; inter- 
scapulars, back, and tail clear deep chesnut; shoulders gray- 
ish brown; primary and secondary wing coverts black ; pri- 
mary wing feathers with both vanes gray, and the inner ones 
edged near quills with white; secondaries cinereous gray, 
with the inner vanes edged with white; and each feather 
broadly tipt with fine shining black; scapulars black ; tail 
slightly rounded, and the wings, when folded, about three 
inches longer than it. Tarsi reddish, more or less inclined 
to orange; toes similarly colored ; claws black. Length from 
bill to base of tail seventeen inches; length of latter five 
inches and a half. 
Female.—Colors disposed as in the male, only less bright ; 
size a little greater. 
Young.—Cere bluish; bill horn colored; feet and tarsi 
yellowish; plumage brown, lightest on the head and neck, 
most of the feathers with the edges and tips of a fainter hue; 
primary and secondary wing feathers blackish, tinged with 
gray ; tail blackish brown; claws black. 
It is found in Autniqua land and in the eastern districts of 
the colony, as well as in the country around Lattakoo. It flies 
very high, and exhibits a peculiar appearance on account of 
the shortness of the tail and the length of the wings. Le 
Vaillant says it kills young antelopes, lambs, ostriches, &c., 
but I have seen it only feed upon carrion, which it did 
with great avidity. 
Genus. AQUILA. Auwet. 
Rostrum supra subangulare ; Beak somewhat angular a- 
nares rotundate ; ceroma sub- | bove; nostrils rounded; ceroma 
hispidum. Tarst usque ad | rather hispid. Tarsi clothed 
digitos plumati. with feathers to the toes. 
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