340 



FALCONID^ 



ELANUS 



Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 52, 798 (1875-84) ; Shelley, Ibis, 

 1875, p. 66 [nr. Durban] ; Barratt, Ibis, 1876, p. 196 [Rustenburg] ; 

 Gurney, Ibis, 1879, p. 331; Oates, Matabeleland, p. 298 (1881) ; Holub 

 fr Pelzeln, Orn. Siid-Afr. p. 31 (1882); Butler, Feilden, and Reid, 

 Zool. 1882, p. 170 [Natal] ; Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 239 [Mashonaland] ; 

 Symonds, Ibis, 1887, p. 327 [Kroonstad] ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 147 

 (1896) ; Woodward Bros. Ibis, 1898, p. 220 [Zululand] ; id. Natal B. 

 p. 150 (1899) ; Alexander, Ibis, 1900, p. 435 [Zambesi] ; Reichenoiu, 

 Vog. Afr. i, p. 614 (1901). 

 Witte Sperwel " of the Dutch ; " Urebe " of the Zulus (Woodward). 



FIG. 115. Foot of Elanus cceruleus. 



Description. Adult female. General colour above, slaty-grey, 

 darkest in the centre of the back, palest on the crown ; scapulars, 

 lesser and median coverts black, forming a conspicuous patch on 

 the wing, the rest of which is like the back but with darker tips 

 to the longer primaries ; central tail-feathers like the back, becom- 

 ing paler towards the outermost which are quite white, especially 

 on the inner webs ; loreal bristles and a spot in front of and behind 

 the eye black; forehead, sides of the face and the whole of the 

 underparts and under wing-coverts white slightly suffused with 

 blue-grey on the breast ; wing-quills slaty-black below. 



