275. 
Zasas 
175 
Macherhamphus  anderssoni anderssoni 
(Gurney), P.Z.S., 1865, p. 618 [Otjimbingue, 
Damaraland, type in Norw. Mus. ] 
Anderson’s Pern. 
Rather smaller ; wing ad. 353, tail 185 mm.; 
above chocolate brown; nape with white 
bases to feathers ; above and below eye a 
broad white line ; throat white, with dark 
brown moustachial line each side and a 
faint central streak ; primaries dark brown, 
banded with white below ; tail chocolate 
brown above, banded with pale brown, 
white below ; upper breast white streaked 
with dark brown, lower breast and flanks 
dark brown mottled with white; bill 
bluish, black at tip; feet bluish white. 
Macherhamphus [anderssont] revoili Oust., 
Bibl. Hautes Etudes, xxxi., art. 10, p. 2 
(1866). [Somaliland.] 
[Not seen, doubtful form. ] 
S.W. Africa, 
Madagascar, 
B. E.Ainca, 
Uganda, Brit. 
Centr. Africa, 
Cameroon. 
Somaliland. 
Gen’ EXXXVIT. PERNIS Cuv. (1817). 
Type by monotypy Falco apivorus L. 
Size large; head usually only slightly crested ; 
bill stouter ; basal plumes not produced beyond 
posterior margin of nostril ; wings and tail long ; 
tarsus short, feathered about half way down. 
+276. 
Panis apivorus (Linn.),; S-N:, 1., p.. 91 
(1758). [Europe—trestr. type loc. Sweden 
apud Hart.] 
Honey Buzzard. 
Wing ad. 400-425, tail 275-280 mm. ; 
plumage variable ; normally above brown, 
with paler margins and black shaft-stripes ; 
head ashy grey ; nape mottled with white ; 
wing quills darker at tips and with 2 basal 
Europe, N. to 
Lapland, S. to 
Spain, N. Italy 
and Greece, E. 
to Ural and 
Asia Minor ; 
N. Africa ; 
in winter to 
5S. Airica; 
cas. Canaries. 
