46 



Much smaller 

 2.7 in. 

 138a. Buteo ferox cirtensis (Levaill). 

 cle I'Alger., pi. 3 (1850). [Algeria 

 Algerian Buzzard. 



wing 14.50, tail 8.2, tarsus 

 Expl. Sci. 



N.W. and 

 N. Africa, 

 (Morocco, 

 Algeria, 

 Tmiis), 

 kSpain (ace. 



S. Africa. 



Length r^ 21, wing 17, tail 8, tarsus 3.30 in. ; 

 9 length 23, wing 18 in. ; general plumage 

 sooty or brownish-black ; lower breast 

 chestnut ; abdomen more or less barred 

 with white and chestnut ; primaries 

 externally ashy, secondaries whitish, both 

 barred with black ; tail chestnut red, with 

 black sub-terminal band ; younger birds have 

 under parts rufous, excepting throat. 



139. Buteo jakal (Daud.), Traite, ii., p. 161 (1800). 

 [Cape of Good Hojie, ex Le Vaillant.] 

 Jackal Buzzard. 



13ya. Buteo jakal archeri W. 8cl., Bull. B.O.C., Somaliland. 

 xxxix., p. 17 (1918). 



Size similar ; tail less chestnut, more tawny ; 

 lower parts black in old birds ; in yoxinger 

 chiefly white, excejiting the throat Avhich is 

 more or less black. 



140. Buteo augur Riipp., Neue Wirb. Vog., p. 38, pi. 

 16 (1835). [Abyssinia.] 

 Augur Buzzard. 



General plumage of q dusky blackish, the 

 feathers of back and Avings margined Avith 

 brown ; sides of head and cerAacal collar 

 varied Avith rufous ; forehead, nape spot 

 and throat Avhite ; breast as upper parts ; 

 abdomen and flanks white spotted and 

 streaked Avith black ; tail rufous with sub- 

 terminal black band. 



141. Buteo auguralis Sah^ad.. Att. Soc. Ital. Sc. 

 Nat., A-iii., p. 377 (1865). [Abi/ssinia.] 

 Sah^adori's Buzzard. 



Size A'ariable ; average length, ^^ 21, Aving 15.50 

 in. ; $ 24. Aving 17.50 in. ; above blackish- 

 brown with more or less of lighter variegation ; 

 tail chestnut with one sub-terminal darker 

 band and often remains of others ; below 

 Imffy- white, flanks barred or mottled and ab- 

 domen lieaAily streaked Avith blackish- broAvn. 



N.E. Africa, 



Equatorial 



Africa. 



W. Africa to 

 N.E. Africa. 



