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position that, though I got very near it, I was unable quite to reach it.. 

 The birds breed in January and February, and lay from one to three 

 eggs, which are greyish white, sometimes sparingly, sometimes profusely r 

 blotched and mottled with brownish red. 



The eggs average 2*6 X 1'95 inches.— T.F.B." 



(214) Spiz^tus cirrhatus.— The Crested Hawk Eagle. 

 Blanford, No. 1211 ; Jerdon, No. 35. 

 Common in the low country, less so on the hills. It is very destruc- 

 tive to poultry, a? it takes its station on the top of a high tree, and day 

 after day, unless hunted away, will swoop down and carry off a fowl. 

 Breeds in March. 



(215) Spiz^tus kelaarti. — Legge's Hawk Eagle. 

 Blanford, No. 1214. 

 Found only on the hills, and that rarely. I have never shot one, but 

 Mr. Bourdillon got two specimens at 2,500 feet elevation. 



(216) Spilornis cheela. — The Crested Serpent Eagle. 

 Blanford, No. 1217 ; Jerdon, No. 39. 

 Fairly common in the low country and also on the hills. Two have 

 lived in captivity in the Public Gardens in Trevandrum for some years. 

 They feed readily on raw meat. 



(217) Btjtastur teesa. — The White-Eyed Buzzard-Eagle. 

 Blanford, No. 1220 ; Jerdon, No. 39. 

 This bird is said to be rare in Southern India. This is not so as 

 regards South Travancore, where it is not uncommon in the low country 

 but does not ascend the hills. 



(218) Haliastur indus. — The Brahminy Kite. 

 Blanford, No. 1228 ; Jerdon, No. 55. 

 Common all over the low country and occasionally found in the 

 hills during the hot season. Breeds in January and February. 



(219) Milvus govinda. — The Common Pariah Kite. 

 Blanford, No. 1229 ; Jerdon, No. 56. 



Abundant in the low country and common in the hills during the 

 hot season. Breeds usually during February and March. 



(220) Elanus CiftRULEUS. — The Black-winged Kite. 

 Blanford, No. 1232 ; Jerdon, No. 59. 



I believe this to be only a winter visitor. One specimen was shot in 

 Trevandrum in March. Another I saw in open grass land at Sastam- 



