Below waniu'i' ttiwnj' reddish. 

 177a. Gypaetus barbaius barbatus (Liiiii.) S.N.I, Atlas Mtns., 

 p. 87. (1758.) [Africa:] N. Airica 



Atlas Bearded Vulture. (Morocco, 



Algeria, 

 Tunis.) 



Length 38 in. ; wing 29 in. ; cheeks white 

 without the black markings : tarsus bare 

 towards lower part. 

 177b. GyiMetus barbatus meridio nails, Keys, and S. .Africa, 

 Bias., Wirbelt. Europ. p. xxviii. (1840). [S. Nubia, 

 Africa.'] Abyssinia. 



Southern Bearded Vulture. 



SUB. FAM. V. AQUILINiii:. 



Outer toe connected to middle toe by membrane : 

 tibia nmch longer than tarsus, which is reticulated 

 on liinder aspect and generally more or less clothed 

 with feathers ; bill large, long and powerful ; cutting 

 edge of upper mandible festooned, but not toothed ; 

 wings long ; tail moderate ; sexes generally alike. 



Gen. XLV. UROAETUS Kaup (1844). 



Tail strongly graduated, wedge-shaped ; tarsi 

 clothed with feathers all round to base of toes. 



Size large ; length 38. wing 24.2 in. ; general 

 colour above and below black, browner on 

 wings ; nape tawny chestnut ; upper tail- 

 coverts brown mottled with white ; tail 

 feathers white at base of inner web. 



178. Uroaetus audax aiidax (Lath.) Lid. Orn. E. & W. 

 Suppl. p. ii (1801). [New South Wales.] Australia, 

 Wedge-tailed Eagle. Tasmania. 



Cen. XLVI. AQUILA Briss. (1760). 



'J'ail nearly sc(uare or moderately rounded ; tarsi 

 feathered all round : toes reticulated above, except 

 last phalanx which is scaled ; head without crest ; 

 claws powerful and ciu-ved. 



Length ($) 37, Aving 2() in. ; plumage black, 

 with back, rump and some of scapulars white ; 

 immature fawn colour, tail uniform. 



179. Aquila verreauxi Less., Cent. Zool. p. 105, S.Africa, 

 taf. 38 (1830). [Itifcrior of Ca.'pe of Good N.E.Africa 

 Hope.] (Abyssinia) 



Palestine 

 (occ.) 



