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margin very prominent. Wings short, rounded; the 
fourth and fifth quills nearly equal, and longest. 
Feet lengthened, very slender. Tarsi long ; the an- 
terior and posterior scales remarkably smooth, with 
their divisions scarcely perceptible. Toes long, slen- 
der, with prominent pads beneath ; inner toe con- 
siderably shorter than the outer ; hinder toe shorter 
than the inner. Tail moderate, rounded, or even. 
A.friMgillarius. P.E. 41 2.467. erythrorynchus. O. d’Af. i. 
pennsylvanicus. Wils. 46 1 pi. ^33. 
brachydactylus. W. Af. i.118. sexfasciatus. Part5. No.4. 
Aster, Auct. Goshawks. Size large. Form robust. 
Nostrils large, oval, obliquely 
longitudinal. Bill short, the 
festoon prominent ; lores 
thickly clothed with minute 
feathers. Wings short, often 
not reaching beyond the 
middle of the tail ; the fourth and fifth quill nearly 
equal, and longest. Feet strong, moderate in length 
and size. Tarsi feathered beyond the knees, short, 
broad, transverse, and smooth ; the divisions pro- 
minent : posterior scales the same ; but those towards 
tlie knee joint, and the lateral scales, are small and 
reticulate. Lateral toes unequal, the posterior shortest. 
Hinder and inner claws nearly equal, and particularly 
large ; middle and outer claws half the length of the 
former, and nearly equal, 1950 
A.palunibarius. N.Z. ii. pi. 26. monogrammicus. W. Af. i, 
? borealis. Wilson, 52. 1, pi. 4. 
albus. White, Voy. 35. musicus. O. d’Af. i. pi. 27. 
Halieeetus, Savigny. Fish 
Hawks. Size an<l form in- 
termediate between Aster and 
Aquila. Bill large, straight 
where covered by the cere, 
strongly curved and hooked 
beyond. Margin with a slight festoon in the middle. 
Cere rather large, occupying nearly one third the 
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