. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 448 FALCONIB^. Young. Browner than the adult, the hind neck more streaked with white; a rather distinct whitish eyebrow narrowly streaked with blackish, as also the cheeks and sides of neck; wing-coverts and secondaries externally spotted with rufous, the spots on the latter somewhat tinged with grey; the cross markings on the back pale fulvous; primaries black, all the quills barred with white on the inner web ; tail black, barred with rufous, inclining to white on the inner web, the markings almost obsolete on the centre tail-feathers ; under s
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 448 FALCONIB^. Young. Browner than the adult, the hind neck more streaked with white; a rather distinct whitish eyebrow narrowly streaked with blackish, as also the cheeks and sides of neck; wing-coverts and secondaries externally spotted with rufous, the spots on the latter somewhat tinged with grey; the cross markings on the back pale fulvous; primaries black, all the quills barred with white on the inner web ; tail black, barred with rufous, inclining to white on the inner web, the markings almost obsolete on the centre tail-feathers ; under surface of tail paler, the bars whitish ; under surface of body dull white, streaked on the chest and barred on the breast; abdomen and under wing- and tail-coverts with pale brown. Eah. Madagascar. a. 2 ad. st, Mouroundava, Madagascar. Herr Van Dam [C.]. Suborder PANDIONES. Outer toe reversible; toes devoid of feathers ; eyes placed laterally in the head; no facial disk; plumage very close and compact; nostrils not concealed by bristles. Key to the Genera. a. Distance between tips of primaries and tips of secondaries greater than length of tarsus 79. Pandion, p. 448. b. Distance between tips of primaries and se- condaries less than length of tarsus 80. Polioaetus, p. 452. 79. PANDION. Type. Pandion, Saviffn. Descr. Egypte, Ois. p. 272 (1809) P. haliaetus. Triorches, Leach, Syst. Cat. Mamm. ^-c. Brit. Mus. p. 10 (1816) P. haliaetus. Balbusardus, Fleinitig, Brit. An. p. 51 (1828) P. Leg of Pandion 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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