FALCON ID^. / 



Astur (Micronisus) monogrammicus Kaup, . 189. 



Birds of W. Afr. pi. 4. 



a, &. Gambia. From Mr. Kendall's Collection. 

 c. Senegal. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



7. MELIERAX. 



Melierax G. E. Gray, List Gen. of Birds, p. 5. (1840.) 

 1. MELIERAX MUSICUS. The chanting Falcon. 



Melierax musicus G. R. Gray, List Gen. of B. (1840) p. 5. 



Falco musicus Daud. Tr. cTOni. ii. p. 116. 



Nisus musicus Cuv. Reg. An. (1817) i. p. 321. 



Nisus canorus Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 62. 



Falco polyzonus Riipp. Faun. Abyss, t. 15. f. 1. 



Nisus (Melierax) musicus Kaup, Classif. der Sdug. und Vog. 



p. 117. 

 Astur (Melierax) cantans Kaup, Isis, (1847) p. 192. 



Levaill Ois. a" Afr. t. 27. 

 a, b. South Africa. 



c. South Africa. From Capt. Sir J. Alexander's Collection. 



d. Gambia. From Mr. Kendall's Collection. 



e. Karee River, Cape of Good Hope, chick. From M. Ver- 



reaux' Collection. 

 /. South Africa, female. From the South African Museum. 



vii. CIRC IN JE. 



1. SERPENTARIUS. 



Serpentarius Cuv. Anat. Compar. (1799 1800.) 

 Sagittarius Vosm. Descr. dun Ois. de Pr. p. . (1767.) 

 Secretarius Dum. Zool. Anal. p. 34. (1806.) 

 Gypogeranus Illig. Prod. Mam. et Av. p. 234. (1811.) 

 Ophiotheres Vieill Analyse, &c. p. 59. (1816.) 



1. SERPENTARIUS SECRETARIUS. The Secretary. 



Otis secretarius Scop. Del Fl. et Faun, insubr. ii. p. 93. ; Sonn. 



Voy. t. 50. ; Forst. Icon. ined. 32. 

 Falco serpentarius Gmel. S. N. i. p. 251. 

 Serpentarius reptilivorus Daud. Tr. d'Orn. ii. p. 30. 

 Serpentarius africanus Shaw, Gen. Zool. vii. p. 46. 



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