274 African Zoology. 



feathers blackish ; outer vanes of secondaries like the scapu- 

 lars ; legs and feet yellowish ; claws black. Length about two 



feet. 



Inhabits South Africa, very rare. 



Falco blagrus, Shaw, Zool Le Blagre, Le Vaill. Afriq. pi 5. 



Haliaetus vocifer. Bill black ; cere, and space between it 

 and eyes yellow, and thinly covered with black hair ; " eyes 

 reddish brown." Head, neck, interscapulars, anterior part of 

 back, and breast, pure white ; the feathers of the head, back 

 of neck, and interscapulars, with their shafts, brownish red ; 

 belly and thighs deep chesnut. Primary and secondary wing 

 coverts, as well as primary and secondary wing feathers, deep 

 shining black ; tail slightly rounded, and pure white ; legs and 

 toes deep yellow ; claws black. Length from bill to root of 

 tail twenty-five inches ; length of latter eight inches. 



Young. Brown above, white beneath, variegated more or 

 less with longitudinal brownish black stripes or blotches. 



Inhabits South Africa, along the coasts and near the mouths 

 of rivers. 



Falco vocifer, Shaw. Le Vocifer, Le Vaill. pi. 4. 



Genus HELOTAESUS. Smith. 



Bill robust, compressed, curved from the base, and strongly 

 hooked ; cere smooth ; lores hairy ; nostrils semilunar, vertical. 

 Tarsi robust, short, covered with feathers below the joint, the 

 bare portion with rough elevated scales ; toes scutellated towards 

 claws. Tail even, and shorter than the wings ; second quill 

 feather the longest. Form robust. 



Helotarsus typicus. Tip of bill black; base and the cere 

 orange ; eyes deep red ; head, neck, and under parts, clear 

 black; interscapulars, back, and tail, clear deep chesnut; 

 shoulders greyish brown; primary and secondary wing coverts 

 black ; primary wing feathers with both vanes grey, and the 

 inner ones edged near quills with white ; secondaries cinerous 

 grey, with the inner vanes edged with white ; and each feather 

 broadly tipt with fine shining black ; scapulars black ; tail 

 slightly rounded, and the wings, when folded, about three 

 inches longer than it. Tarsi reddish, more or less inclined to 

 orange ; toes similarly coloured ; claws black. Length from 

 bill to base of tail seventeen inches ; length of latter five inches 

 and a half. 



Young. Cere bluish ; bill horn-coloured ; feet and tarsi yel- 

 lowish ; plumage brown, lightest on the head and neck, most 

 of the feathers with the edges and tips of a fainter hue ; pri- 

 mary and secondary wing feathers blackish, tinged with grey ; 

 tail blackish brown : claws black. 



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