63 



177a. 



Below warmer tawny reddish. 

 Gypaetus barbatus barbatus (Linn.) 

 p. 87. (1758.) [Africa.-] 

 Atlas Bearded Vulture. 



S.N.I, 



177b. 



Length 38 in. ; wing 29 in. ; cheeks white 

 without the black markings : tarsus bare 

 towards lower part . 



Gypaetus barbatus meridionalis, Keys, and 

 Bias., Wirbelt. Europ. p. xxviii. (1840). [S. 

 Africa.] 

 Southern Bearded Vulture. 



Atlas Mtns. 

 N. Africa 

 (Morocco, 

 Algeria, 

 Tunis.) 



S. .Africa, 



Nubia, 



Abyssinia. 



SUB. FAM. V. AQUILINE. 



Outer toe connected to middle toe hy membrane : 

 tibia much longer than tarsus, which is reticulated 

 on hinder aspect and generally more or less clothed 

 with feathers ; bill large, long and powerful ; cutting 

 edge of upper mandible festooned, but not toothed ; 

 wings long ; tail moderate ; sexes generally alike. 



Tail 



Gen. XLV. UROAETUS Kaup (1844). 

 strongly graduated, wedge-shaped ; tarsi 



clothed with feathers all round to base of toes. 



Size large ; length 38, wing 24.2 in. ; general 

 colour above and below black, browner on 

 wings ; nape tawny chestnut ; upper tail- 

 coverts brown mottled with white ; tail 

 feathers white at base of inner web. 

 178. Uroaetus audax audax (Lath.) Ind. Orn. 

 Suppl. p. ii (1801). [Neio South Wales.] 

 Wedge-tailed Eagle. 



E. & W. 



Australia, 

 Tasmania. 



Gen. XLVI. AQUILA Briss. (1760), 

 Tail nearly square or moderately rounded ; tarsi 

 feathered all round : toes reticulated above, except 

 last phalanx which is scaled ; head without crest ; 

 claws powerful and curved. 



Length (?) 37, wing 26 in. ; plumage black, 

 with back, rump and some of scapulars white ; 

 immature fawn colour, tail uniform. 

 179. Aquila verreauxi Less., Cent. Zool. p. 105, 



taf. 38 (1830). [Interior of Cape of Good 



Hope.] 



S. Africa, 

 N.E. Africa 

 (Abyssinia) 

 Palestine 

 (occ.) 



