107 



with feathers ; bill large, long and powerful ; 

 cutting edge of upper mandible festooned, but not 

 toothed ; wings long ; tail moderate ; sexes 

 generally aUke. 



Gen. XLVIII. UROAETUS Kaup (1844). 

 Type by orig. desig. Aquila fucosa Dumont = Vultur audax Lath. 



Tail strongly graduated, wedge-shaped ; tarsi 

 clothed with feathers all round to base of toes ; 

 feet and claws very powerful. 



*fl82. Uroaetus audax (Lath.) Ind. Orn. ^uppl. AustraUa, 

 p. ii. (1801). [New Holland = New South Tasmania. 

 Wales, apud. Math.J 

 Wedge-tailed Eagle. 



Wing <? 582, $612-632 mm. ; 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. Younger 

 birds have much more pale chestnut on 

 hind neck, wing-coverts and chest. 



Gen. XLIX. AQUILA Briss. (1760). 

 Type by tautonomy A. aquila Briss = Falco chrysaetos Linn. 



Tail nearly square or moderately rounded ; tarsi 

 feathered all round ; toes jeticulated above, 

 except last phalanx which is scaled ; head without 

 crest ; claws powerful and curved. 



183. Aquila verreauxi Less., Cent. Zool., p. 105, Mountains of 

 pi. 38 (1830). [Interior of Cape of Good S. Africa, 

 Hope.] N.E. Africa 



Verreaux's Eagle (Abyssinia and 



Somaliland) ; 



ace. Palestine. 



