380 



FALCONID^ 



POLYBOEOIDES 



554. Polyboroides typicus. Harrier Hatvk. 



Polyboroides typicus, Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. i, p. 107 (1830) ; id. 

 Illus. Zool. 8. Afr. Aves, pis. 81, 82 (1843) ; P. L. Sclater, P.Z.8. 

 1863, p. 162 ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 32 (1867) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1868, 

 p. 146 ; Sharps, Cat. B. M. i, p. 48 (1874) ; id. ed. Layard's B. S. 

 4/?-.pp. 9,795 (1875-84); Gunii'y,Ibis, 1875, p. 221 ; Butler, FeiUen, 



Fig. 131. — Foot of Polyboroides typicus. x |. 



and Beid, Zool. 1882, p. 128 [Newcastle] ; Fled; Journ. Ornith. 1894, 

 p. 292 [Gt. Namaqualand] ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 153 (1896) ; Wood- 

 ivard Bros. Natal B. p. 140 (1899) ; Alexander, Ibi^, 1900, p. 438 

 [Zambesi] ; Reichenoiv, Vbg. Afr. i, p. 531 (1901). 

 Polyboroides radiatus {nee Scop.), Gurney, Ibis, 1859, pp. 153, 237 

 [Natal] ; id. Descrip. Cat. Bapt. Bds. p. 12 (1861) ; id. Ibis, 1862, 

 p. 35. 



Description. Adult male. — General colour above, slaty-grey, 

 some of the feathers of the back of the head elongated to form 



