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Sub-Fam. II. ACCIPITRINJE. 



Outer toe connected to middle one by an interdigital 

 membrane ; tibia and tarsus about equal in 

 length. 



Gen. XVII. POLYBOROIDES Smith (1830). 

 Lores and, sides of face bare. 



Plumage silvery grey, lower back and rump 

 and abdomen white, narrowly barred with 

 black ; quills and tail chiefly black, latter 

 with a broad median band of white. Length 

 23.50-27 in. 

 3L Polyborides radiatus (Scop.), Del. Faun, et Flor. 

 Insubr., ii., p. 85 (1786). 

 Madagascar Gymnogene. 



General plumage dark grey ; breast and 

 abdomen broadly barred with black and 

 white ; tail black, tipped with white, with a 

 broad band of dull white and an indistinct 

 one nearer base. 

 32. Polyborides typicus Smith, S. Afr. Q. J., i., 

 p. 107 (1830). 

 Banded Gymnogene. 



Madagascar. 



S. Africa, 

 W. Africa, 

 N.E. Africa 

 (Abyssinia & 

 White Nile). 



Gen. XVIII. CIRCUS Lacep. (1806). 



Sides of face feathered ; with distinct facial ruff ; 

 lores furnished with bristles ; nostrils oval with 

 no bony excrescence ; tarsus reticulated behind ; 

 size moderate ; length (males) 17-22.50 in. ; 

 females 19-24.50 in. 



Key to Natural Groups and Species (Males). 



A. Above bluish ashy, or greyish. 



a. Thighs uniform white. 



Throat and chest bluish ashy ; upper tail- 

 co verts white. 

 33. Circus cyaneus cyaneus (Linn.), S.N., i., p. 126 

 (1766). 

 Hen Harrier. 



Europe and 



Siberia, N.E. 



Africa, India, 



China, Japan 



(winter). 



