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FALCONID^: 



SPIZAETUS 



rather long and square ; tarsus feathered to the base of the toes ; 

 toes curved and sharp-pointed, that of the hind toe the longest. 



This is a genus of forest-eagles found in Central and South 

 America, Africa, and South Asia, as far .as Japan and Celebes. 

 The only African species is here described. 

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522. Spizaetus coronatus. Crowned Hawk-Eagle. 



Falco coronatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i, p. 124 (1766). 



Le Blanchard, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. i, p. 12, pi. 3 (1799). 



Aquila coronatus, Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. 2nd ser. p. 273 (1834) ; 



id. III. Zool. 8. Afr. Aves pis. 41, 42 (1840). 

 Spizaetus coronatus, Gurney, Ibis, 1861, p. 129, 1863, p. 331 [Natal] ; 



Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 12 (1867) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1868, p. 139 ; Layard, 



Ibis, 1869, pp. 71, 362 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. i, p. 266 (1874) ; id. ed. 



Layard' s B. S. Afr. p. 39 (1875) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1877, pp. 423, 



434 ; Holub fr Pelzeln, Orn. Sud-AfriJtas, p. 26 (1882) ; Shelley, B. 



Afr. i, p. 149 (1896) ; Woodward Bros. Natal B. p. 145 (1899) ; 



Reichenoiv, Vb'g. Afr. i. p. 576 (1901). 



FIG. 98. Spizaetus coronatus. x | 



Description. Adult female. Above, black, the feathers of the 

 occipital crest edged with white, round the neck from the throat to 

 the nape a collar of smoky-brown ; primaries ashy-black at the tip, 

 white on the basal half of the inner web, a dark brown spot on the 

 inner webs at the junction of the ashy and white ; tail ashy-grey 

 with three broad black cross bars and a slightly paler tip. Under- 



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