252 ORNITttOLOUV. 



A white vulture with a little black on the wings is de* 

 signated in the Hebrew Scriptures, where gier-eagle is 

 read in the English version ; and the word rendered vul- 

 ture in Job, is more correctly translated in Leviticus and 

 Deuteronomy by kite. It was probably a generic term 

 like the Burman zune* embracing several species of fal- 

 cons and kites. In Persian the kestril is called yuh, no 

 doubt a word of common origin with the Hebrew name 

 ayah. 



OSPREY. 



The common osprey, or fisher-eagle, is often seen on 

 the sea-coast. The Karen name of this bird at Tavoy, 

 is, at Maulmain, applied to a large owl. 



Pandion haliastus. 



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EAGLE. 



Eagles are in the interior only, and they soar so high, 

 that they are not often noticed by travellers in the deep 

 forest. The Karens describe two or three different 

 species. One, they call the peacock-eagle, from its habit 

 of selecting peacocks for its prey. The Burmese appear 

 to have only one name for three species. 



Aquila bijasciata, (Arracan.) 



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KITES. 



The common Bengal kite abounds in the neighborhood 

 of Maulmain. 



Milvus ater, 



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BUZZARDS. 



Blyth says that " the smallest species of the true buz* 

 zard " inhabits the Tenasserim Provinces. 

 Buteo pygmceus. 



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