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eyes ; above black, feathers brown at base ; 

 wings brown, barred with blackish ; tail 

 brown with 4 blackish bands ; Ijelow 

 white, chest streaked and abdomen broadly 

 banded with black ; sides of chest chest- 

 nut. Immature much browner and with 

 6 bands on tail. Black phase [S. tyrannus 

 (Wied)] : , above and below black, head 

 mottled white ; below much spotted and 

 banded with white, especially on tibiae. 



202. Spizaetus bellicosus (Daud.), Traite, ii., p. 38 

 (1800). [Great Namaqualand.] 

 Martial Hawk-Eagle. 



Larger ; wing ? 698 mm. ; above dark 

 sepia brown ; feathers of head and neck 

 with whitish brown margins and white 

 bases ; wings barred with blackish ; tail 

 with 6 bands of ashy grey ; fore neck and 

 chest dark brown ; throat and under parts 

 white, sparingly spotted with dark brown, 

 especially on flanks. Immature paler above, 

 more buffy white below, the spots nearly 

 absent, and with about 11 bands on tail. 



S. Africa, 

 E. Africa, N. to 

 Shoa, Abyssinia 

 and Bogosland ; 



Nigeria. 



203. Spizaetus africanus (Cassin), Proc. Phil. 

 Acad., 1865, p. 4. [Ogobai R., Gaboon, 

 type in Philad. Acad. Mus.] 

 W. African Hawk-Eagle. 

 [ = Spizaetus batesi W. Sclat.] 



Smaller ; wing ad. 320-340. tail 235 mm. ; 

 above brownish black ; tail with 4 faint 

 paler bands ; below white, thighs heavily 

 spotted with blackish ; crest very slight. 



Cameroon, 

 Gaboon. 



204. Spizaetus coronatus (Linn.), S.N., ed. xii., i., 

 p. 124 (1766). [Guinea in W. Africa.] 

 Crowned Hawk-Eagle. 



S. and W.Afirica 

 (Gold Coast and 

 Uganda to 

 Cape Colony). 



