2'5() African Zoology. 



©liter vane?, ami the inner ones towards quills broadly edged 

 ■with, if not altogether, white ; secondaries bluish grey, with 

 many transverse narrow black bands, the very tips of some of 

 the feathers are white. Tail short, nearly even, and deep ches- 

 uut or ferruginous red, each feather marked by a black blotch 

 close to tip, and all, more or less mottled witb white towards 

 quills ; lc<rs and toes dull yellow ; claws dark horn-coloured. 

 Length fi om bill to base of tail twelve inches ; length of latter 

 eight inches. ■ 



Young. — Above dull brown, most of the feathers edged with 

 tawny ; beneath, pale fnlvous ; the throat and sides of neck 

 with longitudinal black blotches ; tail grey-brown bauded with 

 black. 



Inhabits South Africa, — very common. 



Falco Jackal, Shaw. Zoo^. vii. p. 173. Lc Runoir, Le Vaill 

 Ois. Afrirj. pi. 16. Jackal-vogel of the Cape Colonists. 



Cbs. The [lumage of this species is subject to endless variety. 





• Buleo tachardns. Bill black, with the base of lower mandi- 

 ble, and a small portion of the upper adjoining it, yellow ; cere 

 yellow; eyes brown. Head, neck, back, and rum]), brown, with 

 the edges and tips of the feathers rufous, and the bases of many 

 of them, particularly on the head and neck, white; many of 

 those of neck, back, and shoulders, clouded, spotted, or crossed 

 by irregular white streaks. Under parts white, the throat 

 streakt (1 with longitudinal brown lines ; the breast and posteriory- 

 part of belly more or less spotted with oblong or roundish 

 brown blotches ; centre of belly white ; thighs reddish brown. 

 Primary quill feathers black, the inner vanes towards quills 

 white ; secondaries brown, with irregular transverse blackish 

 bands, (he edges of the inner vanes white. Tail moderately 

 long, slightly rounded, of a greyish or rufous colour, with ten 

 or more narrow waved transverse blackish brown bands ; tip of 

 each feather dirty reddish white. Legs and toes greenish yel- 

 low ; claws black. Length eighteen inches. 



Young. — Above brown, verging towards blackish brown ; 

 below brown-red or dull rufous, the shafts of the feathers 

 black ; chin with a slight mottling of white. Tail feathers 

 grcyisli, on outer vanes, crossed by many waved or oblique nar- 

 row blackish bands ; on inner vanes reddish white, or reddish 

 brown, with similar black bands; tips of all the feathers dirty 

 reddish yellow. Legs and toes greenish yellow ; claws black. 



Inhabits South Africa. 



Falco tachardns, Daud. Le Tachard, Le Vaill. Oh. d' 

 A/riq. pi. 19. 



