. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 258 FALCONIDiE. The adult phimage of Neopus seems to be gained by a partial moult on the upper surface, while the brown edgings to the crown and feathers of the under surface gradually occupy the whole of the feathers and produce a uniform appearance. Adult female. All over black, the quills mottled with white near the base ; tail-feathers more or less distinctlj' barred with ashy above, ap- pearing as if mottled with white underneath ; cere and gape deep yel- low; bill greenish horny, black at tip; feet deep yellow; iris dark brown. Total length
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 258 FALCONIDiE. The adult phimage of Neopus seems to be gained by a partial moult on the upper surface, while the brown edgings to the crown and feathers of the under surface gradually occupy the whole of the feathers and produce a uniform appearance. Adult female. All over black, the quills mottled with white near the base ; tail-feathers more or less distinctlj' barred with ashy above, ap- pearing as if mottled with white underneath ; cere and gape deep yel- low; bill greenish horny, black at tip; feet deep yellow; iris dark brown. Total length 29-5 inches, culmcn 205, wing 22-7, tail 12-8, tarsus 3-4. Ifab. The same as that of the genus. a. Ad. sk. India. Prince Frederick of Schleswig- Holstein [P.]. b, c. Ad. sk. Nepaul. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. d. Ad. st. Nepaul. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. e. Ad. st. Ceylon. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. /. Imm. sk. Malayan archipelago. Leiden Museum [P.]. 43. SPIZIASTUR*. Spizastnr, Gray, List Gen. B. p. 3 (1841).... Type. S. melanoleucus. .^#.^^. Foot of Spiziastur melanoleucus. Range. From Guatemala in Central America southwards to Brazil. 1. Spiziastur melanoleucus. Buteo melanoleucus, Vieill. N. Diet. iv. p. 482 (1816); id. et Oud. Gal. Ois. pi. 14 (1825). Falco atricapillus, Temm. PI. Col. i. pi. 79 (1823). Morphnus atricapillus, Vigors, Zool. Journ. i. p. 325 (1824). * This genus is often ascribed to Lesson, who, however, only used the name "Les Spisiastures" for a group of Hawks in the same way that he used " Les Gymnogenes" (Compl. Buff, vii. p. 92, 1837).. 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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