. The birds of South Africa. Birds. FALCONID^ POLIOHIEEAX 289 only the extreme upper portion feathered in front, the bare portion a good deal longer than the middle toe and claw, covered with polygonal scales, rather larger in front than on the sides or behind; toes weak, claws but little curved. Only two species of these pigmy falcons are known, the African one here described and another confined to Burma and the Indo- Chinese Pig. 93.—Foot of Poliohieraz semitorguatus. x \. 515. Poliohierax semitorquatus. Pigmy Falcon. Falco semitorquata, Smith, Bep. Exped. C. Afr. p. 44 (1836); id
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. FALCONID^ POLIOHIEEAX 289 only the extreme upper portion feathered in front, the bare portion a good deal longer than the middle toe and claw, covered with polygonal scales, rather larger in front than on the sides or behind; toes weak, claws but little curved. Only two species of these pigmy falcons are known, the African one here described and another confined to Burma and the Indo- Chinese Pig. 93.—Foot of Poliohieraz semitorguatus. x \. 515. Poliohierax semitorquatus. Pigmy Falcon. Falco semitorquata, Smith, Bep. Exped. C. Afr. p. 44 (1836); id. niMst. Zool. 8. Afr. Aves, pi. 1 (male) 1838. Hypotriorchis castanonotus, P. L. Sclater, Ibis, 1861, p, 346, pi. xiii (female). Poliohierax semitorquatus, Gurney, in Andersson's B. Damaralcmd, p. 19 (1872); Sharpe, M. i, p. 370 (1874); Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. , 799 (1875-84); Buckley, Ibis, 1876, p. 132 [Bamang- wato] ; Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 275 ; Flech, Journ. Ornith. 1894, p. 393 [Reheboth] ; Shelley B. Afr. i, p. 146 (1896); Beiehenow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 645 (1901). Description. Adult male.—General colour above, bluish-grey, a patch of white on the nape, the upper tail-coverts the same colour, primaries and outer secondaries black tipped with white, and with a series of white spots along either web, tail-feathers also 19 VOL, 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 Stark, Arthur Cowell, d. 1899; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944. Fauna of South Africa. London, R. H. Porter
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