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AQUILINE. 



8. A. senegallus (Cuv.) Reg. Anim. l.p. 327- 



9. A. Bonellii (Temm.) Pr. Bonap. PL col. 288. — Aquila in- 

 termedia Bonelli ; Aq. fasciata Vieill ; Nisaetus grandis Hodgs. 



10. ? A. morphnoUes Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1840. 161., B. of Aus. pi. 



11. A. pennata (Gmel.) Cuv. PI. col. 33. — Aquila minuta 

 Brehm. ; Spizaetus milvoi'des Jerd. ; the Type of Hieraetus Kaup 

 (1844). 



12. A.bellicola (Daud.) Vieill. Le VailL Ois. d'Afr. t. 1.— 

 Falco armiger Shaw, Smith, 111. S. Afr. Zool. pi. 42. 



13. A. coronata (Linn.) Edwards's Birds, pi. 224., Smith, 111. S. 

 Afr. Zool.pl. 41. 



14. A. vutturina (Daud.) Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 6. — Aquila 

 Verreauxii Less. Cent. Zool. t. 38. ; Gypaetus cafer Temm. ; Falco 

 niger James.; the Type of Pteroaetus Kaup (1844). 



15. A. malayensis (Reinw.) PI. col. 117. — Aquila pernigra 

 Hodgs. ; Nisaetos ? ovivorus Jerd. ; the Type of Neopus Hodgs. 

 (1844). 



16. A. audaoc (Lath.) G. R. Gray, Lamb. Icon. ined. 1. 43., Col- 



lins's N. S. Wales ii. pi. p. 287 Falco fucosus Cuv. Reg. An. t. 3. 



f. 1., PI. col. 32. ; Aquila albirostris Vieill. ; the Type of Uroaetus 

 Kaup (1844). 



Spizaetus Vieill* 



Bill moderate, the culmen straight at the base, and much arched to the tip, which is hooked arid 

 acute ; the sides much compressed, and the lateral margins festooned ; the nostrils large and rather 

 rounded. Wings moderate, reaching to half the length of the tail, with the fourth and fifth quills 

 equal and longest. Tail long, and slightly rounded at the end. Tarsi slender, much longer than the 

 middle toe, and plumed to the base of the toes. Toes long, strong, the inner one much longer than the 

 outer, which is united to the middle one by a membrane ; all covered above with small scales, except 

 at the apex where there are a few transverse ones ; and each toe armed with a long, strong, curved, 

 and acute claw. 



These birds are inhabitants of South America, Africa, and especially India and its archipelago. They are usually seen 

 in the jungles and wooded districts, seated on an elevated branch, from whence they pounce on the game that passes 

 near, such as pheasants, partridges, hares, &c. They, however, occasionally pursue with energy on the wing. 



1. S. ornatus (Daud.) Vieill. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. pi. 26.— 

 Falco superbus et F. coronatus Shaw ; F. Mauduytii Daud. ; Har- 

 pyia braccata Spix, Av. Bras. t. 3. ; Falco fastuosus Shaw. 



2. S. Tyrannus (Pr. Max.) PI. col. 73. 



3. S. fuscus Vieill. Ency. Me'th. 1258. 



4. S. occipitalis (Daud.) Vieill. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 2. — 

 Falco senegalensis Daud. 



5 S. albescens (Shaw), Vieill. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 3. 



6. S. atricapillus (Cuv.) PI. col. 79- — The Type of Spizastur 

 Less. (1837). 



7. S. limnaetus (Horsf.) Linn. Trans, xiii. 138., PI. col. 134. — 

 Limnaetus Horsfieldii Vigors. 



8. S. caligatus (Raffl.) Linn. Trans, xiii. 278. — Falco 1 

 Temm. PI. col. 127- ; Nisaetos pallidus Hodgs.; N. niveus Jerd. 

 111. Ind. Orn. 1. pi. 1. 



9. S. cristatellus (Temm.) PI. col. 282 Falco indicus cir- 



rhatus Ray ; Nisaetus nipalensis Hodgs. 



10. S. pulcher (Hodgs.) Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1836. 229., 1837. 

 361. 



11. S. Kieneri (Gerv.) Mag. de Zool. 1S35. Ois. t. 35. — Spi- 

 zaetos albogularis Blyth. 



12. S. hastatus (Less.) Voy. de Belang. Zool. p. 217. 



13. S. ? ceylonensis (Gmel.) — Falco niveus Shaw. 



Mouphnus Cuv.-f 



Bill long, culmen at the base nearly straight, and then arched to the tip, which is hooked and acute; 

 the sides compressed, and the lateral margins festooned ; the nostrils large and rather rounded. Wings 

 long, reaching for more than half of the length of the tail, with the third, fourth, and fifth quills the 



* Vieillot established this genus in his Analyse, p. 24., in 1816. Plumipeda of Dr. Fleming (1822), Limnaetus of Vigors (1830), and 

 Nisaetus of Mr. Hodgson (1836)" are coequal, and I helieve that Spizastur of M. Lesson (1837) also forms a part of this division. 



t The late Baron Cuvier established this division in the Regne Animal, i. p. 329-, in 1817. It is coequal with M. Lesson's Urubitinga 

 (1837), M. Kaup's Spizogeranus (1844), and with M. Cabanis's Hypomorphinus (1844). 





