ASTUR MELANOLEUCUS— Smith. 



AvEs. — Plate XVIII. (Female and Young Male.) 



A. capita, collo, Imnioris, pootnro, abiloniineqiic nigi()-l)ruiineis ; drirso hninnoo ; rcmigibus primni-ii^, 

 .secundariis quo lnunnois, pngoniis internis albo-fasciatis ; camlii snpva Idunnea, grisca-tincta et fasciis 

 quinquo nigro-hnimiois notatu ; rostro brniinco, flavn maciilatn ; peilibus viridi-flavis ; uiiguihiis 

 brunneis. 



LoNoiTUDo 21 unc. 



AcciriTF.R JiF.LAXOLEUCUS, Sniitb, South African Quarterly .lonrnal. Vol. I., paoe 220, .Juno, 18.30. 



Colour. — Head, neck, and shoulders blackisli brown ; back and <(nill fca 

 thers dull umber-brown, the inner vanes of the latter crossed with many broad 

 white bars ; breast, belly, and thighs liver brown ; upper surface of tail brown, 

 with a gray tinge ; lower surface white ; and both marked by five transverse 

 broad dark brown bands, the one near the points of the feathers widest ; 

 eyes yellow ; bill rich brown ; festoon of upper and base of lower mandible 

 yellow ; cere yellow, with a greenish tinge ; legs and toes greenish yellow ; 

 claws brown. 



FoRji, &c. — Ty})ical : figure robust ; bill short and stout ; culmen curved 

 from the base ; festoon well developed ; legs very strong ; outer and inner 

 toes of moderate length ; middle toe very long ; tarsi shielded before and 

 behind, and on the sides coated with small oval .scales ; claws very long, mode- 

 rately curved and pointed ; hinder and outer toes of the same length ; wings, 

 when folded, reach over the first two-thirds of the tail ; the fourth and fiftli 

 quill feathers equal and longest ; the first about two-thirds the length of the 

 fourth ; the third slightly, shorter than the fourth ; the second about an 

 inch shorter than the third ; tail long, its tip slightly rounded. 



DIMENSIONS. 



Inches. Lines. 

 Longtli from the ti]i of the bill to the 



end of the tail 21 



of the bill from the angle of the 



month 1 1 5 



of the winffs when folded 12 9 



of the tail 9 G 



* AVhon it is not addnl tliat the elaw is includeil, it is always to be understood tliat the nie.asnronient 

 .npiilies to the toe witliout the claw. 



Inches. Linc<t. 



Length of the tarsus .3 



of the middle toe* 1 1 



of the inner toe 1 H 



of the hinder toe 1 



