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feathers blackish ; outer vanes of secondaries like the scapii-" 

 lars ; legs and feet yellowish ; claws black. Length about two' 

 feet. 



Inhabits South Africa, — very rare. 



Falco blagruSj Shaw, Zool. Le Blagrc, LeVaill. Afriq.pl.d. 



' Haliaelus vociftr. Bill black ; cere, and space between it 

 and eyes yellow, and thinly covered with black hair; "eyes 

 reddish brown." Head, neck, interscapulars, anterior part of 

 back, and breast, pure white ; the featliors of the head, back 

 of neck, and interscapulars, with their shafts, brownish red ; 

 belly and thighs deep cliesnut. Primary and secondary win^^ 

 coverts, as well as primary and secondary wing feathers, dee]i 

 shining black ; tail slightly rounded, and pure white ; legs and 

 toes deep yellow ; claws black. Length from bill to root of 

 tail twenty-five inches ; length of latter eight inches. 



Young. — Brown above, white beneath, variegated more or 

 less with longitudinal brownish black stripes or blotches. 



Inliabits South Africa, — along the coasts and near the mouths* 

 of rivers. 



Falco vocifer, Shaw. Le Vocifcr, LeVaill. pi. 4. 



• Genus Helotarsus. Smith. 

 Bill robust, compressed, curved from the base, and sfrongli/ 

 hooked; cere smooth; lores hai^y ', nostrils semilunar, vertical.' 

 Ta'^si robust, short, covered with feathers below the joint, the 

 ■^bare portion with rough elevated scales ; toes scutellated towards 

 claws. Tail even, and shorter than the wings; second quill 

 feather the longest. . Form robust. 



■ Helotarsvs typicus. Tip of bill black ; base and the core 

 orange; eyes deep red : head, neck, and under parts, clear 

 black ; interscapulars, back, and tail, clear deep chesnut ; 

 shoulders greyish brown ; primary and secondary wing coverts 

 black ; primary wing feathers with both vanes grey, and the 

 inner ones edged near quills with white ; secondaries cinerous 

 grey, with the inner vanes edged with white ; and each feather 

 broadly tipt with fine shining black ; scapulars black ; tail 

 slightly rounded, and the wings, when folded, about three 

 inches longer than it. Tarsi reddish, more or less inclined to 

 orange; toes similarly coloured ; claws black. Length from 

 bill to base of tail seventeen inches ; length of latter five inches 

 and a half. 



Young. — Cere bluish ; bill horn-coloured ; feet and tarsi yel- 

 lowish ; plumage brown, lightest on the head and neck, most 

 of the feathers with the edges and tips of a fainter hue ; pri- 

 mary and secondary wing feathers blackish, tinged with grey ; 

 tail blackish brown : claws black. 



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