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Vullur peicuopterus ? Gmdin. Rachamah, Bruce. Falco bideii- 



tatus, hin. 



Aquila. 



Wings longer than the tail ; head, neck, breast, belly, upper part of 

 the scapularies, and tectrices of the wings, and ends of the remiges of the 

 tail, and feathers of the half-feathered tarsi, white. The rest of the 

 pluniage black. 



Harpyia — Cuvier. 



Head and neck white; body brown, speckled with a darker colour; 

 breast brown, speckled with white ; the ends of the remiges approach 

 to black ; nostrils very oblique. The head of the young bird is brown. 



alco Occipitalis, Daud. Huppart, Vail: Bruce. 



Astur. 



The whole bird of a dusky brown, with bands of a darker colour, 

 which bands are very indistinct on the back; the remiges are nearly 

 black. The belly and thighs are pale brown, with a reddish tinge. 

 From the tip of one wing to the tip of the other, or envergure, 4i feet. 

 Length from the base of the beak to the tip of the tail, 1 foot 8 inches. 



1. Lanius, proper. 



Head, throat, half of the breast, back, tail, scapularies, and tectrices, 

 of a brilliant ruby-colour, shaded with violet ; remiges of wings and 

 tail, of a deep brown ; belly, white ; length, 6^ inches. The plumage 

 of the female is a speckled brown. This bird comes to Mandinari 

 (about 11 miles up the River Gambia) only in May, and quits it in June. 



2. Lanius — Division Plumatse, Bowdich. 



Throat, belly, and breast, of a brilliant scarlet. Back and tail of a 

 dark gray, approaching to black ; breast and head of a yellowish olive. 



