. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 232 FAICONID^. the base, and the outer secondaries slightly shaded with ashy on the external interspaces, the lower surface of the quiUs brown, mottled with ashy brown and white near base of inner web ; tail black, with dull fawn-coloured tip and indistinct niottlings and bars of brown, more distinct on inner web ; cheeks and throat blackish; rest of under surface brown, the centre of the chest and under tail-coverts bright fawn, the breast mesially streaked and tipped with pale fawn, less strongly marked on the abdomen and flanks ; under wing-co
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 232 FAICONID^. the base, and the outer secondaries slightly shaded with ashy on the external interspaces, the lower surface of the quiUs brown, mottled with ashy brown and white near base of inner web ; tail black, with dull fawn-coloured tip and indistinct niottlings and bars of brown, more distinct on inner web ; cheeks and throat blackish; rest of under surface brown, the centre of the chest and under tail-coverts bright fawn, the breast mesially streaked and tipped with pale fawn, less strongly marked on the abdomen and flanks ; under wing-coverts brown, slightly tipped with rufous, the plumes on the bend of the wing entirely of the latter colour ; axUlaries ashy brown, with pale rufous tips. Hah. The same as that of the genus. a. S ad. St. Australia. b. Jut. st. S. Australia. c. Juv. sk. Australia. d. e. c? ad. sk. Van Diemen's Land. f. (J ad. sk. Van Diemen"s Land. g. cj ad. sk. Van Diemen's Laud. h. Juv. sk. Interior of Australia (the Depot, lat. 29° 40'). Lady Carington [P.]. Sir G. Grev [P.]. W. Marten Smith, Esq. [P.]. The Admiralty The Admiralty J. Gould, Esq. Captain Sturt [P.]. [?:}. 39. AaUILA. Type. Aquila, Biiss. Orn. i. p. 419 (1760) A. chrysaetus. Pteroaetus, XflfMp, Classif. Sang. u. Vog. p. 120 (1844) A. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London
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