68 



Wing $ 18.3 in. ; above blackish-brown, 

 mottled with white ; below purer white 

 streaked with black on breast, and with large 

 spots on under tail -coverts ; mider wing- 

 coverts black. 

 186b. Hieraaetus fasciatus spilogaster (Bp.), Rev. et 

 Mag. Zool., 1850, ]). 487 [Abyssinia, ex Dn, 

 Bm. i¥..S'.]. 

 African Hawk-Eagle. 



Tropical 

 i\frica ; rare 

 in S. Africa. 



187. 



Smaller ; wing $ ]6.5,o 14.0 : above brown, 

 head and neck isabelline ; tail with obsolete 

 darker bars on outer feathers ; below white, 

 throat and breast washed with fawn and 

 streaked with reddish brown or blackish ; 

 species subject to variation ; vounger birds 

 dull brown below with black shaft -stripes, 

 and a white shoulder patch. 

 Hieraaetus pennatus (Gmel.). S.N.. i., p. 272 

 (1788) [ex Brisson, I. c.J. 

 Booted Eagle. 



►S. Europe 

 (Spain to 

 Russia) ; 

 Africa. 0. 

 Asia, India, 

 Ceylon. 



S. 



188. 



Smaller, and with a short occipital crest ; 

 length ad. 21.5 in. , wing 15 in. ; above 

 bro^\n, crown darker ; crest, neck and under- 

 surface rufous, with black shaft-streaks ; tail 

 mottled greyish-brown, with 7 or 8 dark 

 brown bars. 



Hieraaetus morphnoides 'mor2)hnoides (Gould), 

 P.Z.S., 1840, p. 161 (1841). [f7j?^9«- Hunter, 

 N.S.W.] 

 Little Eagle. 



E. and W. 



Australia. 



Below heavily strijoed with dark brown. 

 189. Hieraaetus weiskei Reichenow, Orn. M.B., S.E. New 

 viii., p. 185 (1900). [Astrolabe Mtns.] Guinea. 



New Guinea Little Eagle. 



Below pale isabelline : tail with 7 dark bands. 

 190. Hieraaetus ayresi Gurney. Ibis 1862, p. 149, Tropical 



pi. iv. [Natal.'] Africa to S. 



Ayres' Little Eagle [=Lo2ohotri orchis hicani Africa. 

 Sharpe.] 



