inhabiting the South of Africa. 385 
white, or pale silvery ; throat, breast, belly, vent, under tail 
coverts, and inside of wings, pure white; upper tail coverts 
white, banded transversely with dusky black. Primary and 
secondary wing coverts gray, slightly tipt with white ; prima- 
ry wing feather deep dirty bluish purple, with the inner vanes 
towards bases white; secondaries dirty hoary gray, with the 
edges of the inner vanes white. Tail long, square, the three 
lateral feathers on each side white, and crossed by five or six 
irregular transverse brownish bands; the centre ones deep 
hoary blue, with faint dusky transverse bands, particularly on 
inner vanes, tips of all the feathers white; tarsi and toes 
yellow; claws black. Length from bill to base of tail eight 
and a half inches ; length of tail nine inches. 
I have only met with two specimens of this species in the 
Colony, the one was procured near Groenekloof, in the Cape 
District, and the other in Albany. Both of them exhibited 
exactly the same markings, and gave every reason to believe 
they were birds arrived at full maturity. 
CIRCUS SUPERALIARIS.* 
C. supra brunneus plumis plurimis albo marginatis, fronte, 
fascia supra et infra oculos, partibus inferioribusque subfulvis ; 
rostro nigro; cera et oculis flavis; remigibus brunneis, pogoniis 
internis albo fasciatis. 
Male.—Bill black, with a small yellow spot on each side of 
lower mandible towards base; eyes brownish yellow; cere 
ellowish ; above dirty brown, with many of the feathers tipt 
with reddish white, particularly on the shoulders ; front, chin, 
throat, breast, belly, vent, and a stripe over, and another 
below each eye, pale tawny; upper tail coverts pure white ; 
under ones tawny; cheeks deep brown. Primary quill feathers 
dirty brown; the inner vanes towards quills with alternate 
white and brown transverse broad bands; secondaries uni- 
form dirty brown. Tail even; the three outermost feathers 
of each side marked by broad alternate white and dirty brown 
bands; tips of all the feathers inclined to white; legs and 
toes yellow ; claws black. Length from bill to base of tail 
eight and a haif inches ; length of latter eight inches. 
Female. 
Young.—Above brown, with most of the feathers broadly 
edged and tipt with dirty red; front, chin, collarets, and band 
over and under eyes tawny; breast, belly, vent, and thighs 
with reddish brown longitudinal blotches ; inside of wings deep 
chesnut. Primary quill feathers blackish brown, with the 
inner vanes broadly banded transversely with white. Tail 
nearly even, with the three outermost feathers of each side 
* South African Commercial Advertiser, for May 30, 1829. 
2¢ [49 ] 
