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outer vanes, and the inner ones towards quills broadly edged 

 with, if not altogether, white ; secondaries bluish grey, with 

 many transverse narrow black bands, the very tips of some of 

 the feathers are white. Tail short, nearly even, and deep ches- 

 nut or ferruginous red, each feathed marked by a black blotch 

 close to tip, and all, more or less mottled with white towards 

 quills ; legs and toes dull yellow ; claws dark horn-coloured. 

 Length from bill to base of tail twelve inches ; length of latter 

 eight inches. 



Young. Above dull brown, most of the feathers edged with 

 tawny ; beneath, pale fulvous ; the throat and sides of neck 

 with longitudinal black blotches ; tail grey-brown banded with 

 black. 



Inhabits South Africa, very common. 



Falco Jackal, Shaw. Tiool. vii. p. 173. Le Eunoir, Le Vaill. 

 Ois. Afriq. pi. 16. Jackal- vogel of the Cape Colonists. 



Obs. The plumage of this species is subject to endlesa variety. 



Buteo tachardus. Bill black, with the base of lower mandi- 

 ble, and a small portion of the upper adjoining it, yellow; cere 

 yellow; eyes brown. Head, neck, back, and rump, brown, with 

 the edges and tips of the feathers rufous, and the bases of many 

 of them, particularly on the head and neck, white ; many of 

 those of neck, back, and shoulders, clouded, spotted, or crossed 

 by irregular white streaks. Under parts white, the throat 

 streaked with longitudinal brown lines ; the breast and posterior 

 part of belly more or less spotted with oblong or roundish 

 brown blotches ; centre of belly white ; thighs reddish brown. 

 Primary quill feathers black, the inner vanes towards quills 

 white ; secondaries brown, with irregular transverse blackish 

 bands, the edges of the inner vanes white. Tail moderately 

 long, slightly rounded, of a greyish or rufous colour, with ten 

 or more narrow waved transverse blackish brown bands ; tip of 

 each feather dirty reddish white. Legs and toes greenish yel- 

 low ; claws black. Length eighteen inches. 



Young. Above brown, verging towards blackish brown ; 

 below brown-red or dull rufous, the shafts of the feathers 

 black ; chin with a slight mottling of white. Tail feathers 

 greyish, on outer vanes, crossed by many waved or oblique nar- 

 row blackish bands ; on inner vanes reddish white, or reddish 

 brown, with similar black bands ; tips of all the feathers dirty 

 reddish yellow. Legs and toes greenish yellow ; claws black. 



Inhabits South Africa. 



Falco tachardus, Baud. Le Tachard, Le Vaill. Ois. d' 

 Afriq. pi. 19. 



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