AQUILA BELLICOSA. 
Aves. — Plate XLII. — (Middle-aged Female.) 
A. supra, purpureo-brunnea, plumis partim purpureo-griseis tinctis ; cervice infra pectoreque brunneis ; 
ventre, cruribusque albis, maculis fasciisque brunneis variegatis ; cauda purpureo-brunnea fasciis 
septem purpureo-griseis notata, apice albo. 
Longitudo 36 unc. 6 lin. 
Le Griff ard, Levaill. — Ois. d’ Afrique, vol. i. plate 1. 
Falco bellicoscs, Daud. — Orn. vol. ii. p. 38. — Latham, Ind. Orn. Supp. 1801. 
Falco aumiger. — Shaw’s General Zoology, 1806. 
Colour. — Head, neck, breast, back, rump, upper tail coverts, and lesser 
wing coverts dull purplish brown, the interscapulars and the featheis of the 
back and rump, together with the upper tail coverts, and lesser wing coverts, 
more or less clouded with dull lavender-purple, and tipped with white ; 
the edges of many of these feathers inclining to yellowish brown, belly, vent, 
under tail-coverts and legs white, variegated with irregular shaped blotches 
and short transverse stripes of a purplish brown colour, the latter principally 
confined to the legs ; primary quill coverts and secondary quill feathers purplish 
brown, the outer vanes of the former and the inner vanes of the latter towards 
their base clouded with lavender-purple, which colour on the coverts almost 
forms distinct bars ; the points of the last named feathers white ; secondary 
wing coverts yellowish brown clouded with lavender- purple, and tipped with 
dusky white. Primary quill feathers dusky brown with a strong shade of 
grey, particularly on the outer vanes ; the inner vanes with a number of 
umber-brown bars. Tail above barred purplish brown and dull lavender- 
purple eight bars of the former colour and seven of the latter ; beneath white, 
barred’ with brown; the tips of all the feathers white. Bill and claws a 
livid horn colour, with a yellow blotch on each side of base of lower mandible 
towards the angle of the mouth. Eyes yellow. Toes livid greenish-yellow. 
Form, &c.— Figure moderately robust, somewhat intermediate between 
that of the more typical eagles and Morphinus ; feathers of occiput slightly 
elongated and forming a rudimentary crest. Bill strongly curved towards the 
