THE EAGLE-LIKE SUBFAMILY 



1979 



The handsome bird represented in the illustration below, and 

 known as the African crested eagle (Lophoaetiis octipitalis), is the 

 Eagle s l e representative of a genus which brings us to the last group of 

 the Aquilince, the members of that group differing from all the pre- 

 ceding forms by the metatarsi being completely feathered throughout their length. 



AFRICAN CRESTED EAGI.E. 

 (One-third natural size.) 



The African crested eagle belongs to a group of several genera characterized by the 

 tail being nearly square, or slightly rounded, while it is distinguished from all the 

 others, with the exception of the true crested eagles, by the length of the interval 

 between the tips of the primaries and secondaries of the wings being inferior to that 

 of the metatarsus. The great size and pendent characteristic of the crest of the 



