404 nVIlMA, ITS PEOPLE AM) PPODUCTIOXS. 



and witlioiit sloss, size 1-2 X 0-86. Tliey an- laiil in liolcs of troes on a pail mainly 

 composed of the wings of Xcuroptuni and Lepidoptera, mixod with rotten wood. 



ACCIPITEIXiE. 



AsTUR RmTiNCTtrs, MacCloll. Palipun. Euukasnn (rare). 



A. BADirs, Umc'l. 



Recorded from Tenasserini, but the next species probably meant. 



A. poLiOPsis, Hume. Tenasserim (common). 



Thcin-kyet-raa. The hen hawk. 



A. Sdlokxsis, llorsf. Malewon (rare). The Nicobars. 



A. TRrviEG.iirs, Tern. Arakan. Tenasserim. 



AccrriTER Nisus, L. Thayet-myo. Moolcyit (very rare). 



A. viRGATUS, Reinw. Thayet-myo. Tenasserim (rare). Andamans. 



The 'Besra' of Indian falconers. This species, says Jerdon, and other short- 

 ■wingcd hawks and some falcons, arc often taken by a net called ' Do gaz.' This net 

 is .5 feet high and 3 feet broad, stained of a dark colour and fixed to two pieces of 

 bamboo stuck lightly into the ground. In front of it a bird is fixed at the distance 

 of a foot, and the hawk swooping at the bird is carried by the impetus into the net, 

 ■which collapses and secures it. 



AQUILIN.E. 



AauTLA MOGiLNiK, Gmel. Pcgu. MartabaH. Tavoy (rare). 



A. CLANGA, Pall. Pegu. Tenasserim {fide Tiekell, raie). 



A. BiFASCiATA, Hard, and Gray. Arakan. 



Won-lo. 



A. HASTATTis, Lcss. Arakan. 



A. PENNATA, Gmel. Pegu. Jlaulmain. Thayet-myo. 



A. N.ETIA (?). 



A. orientalis (Gurney). Arakan. 



The generic name for the Eagle iu Burmese is won-lo, from tcoit, a bear, and Id, 

 like ; the Eagle being like a bear among bii'ds. Occasionally an eagle is called shwe- 

 len-lCi, "The golden Vulture" (ilason). 



S. MiNiiirs, Hume. Andamans. 



Resembles cheela, but is paler. The throat and chest entirely unbarred. "Wings 

 from irO to 11 "75 inches. It is the smallest of the genus. 



S. RuTHERFORDi, Swiuhoe. Rangoon and Amherst. 



Pandiojt HALiAiiTus, L. Arakau. Tenasserim. 



"\Von-let. 



PoLiAETUS iCHTHYAiiTns, Horsf. Pcgu. Tenasseilm. 



P. nuMiLis, S. Miill. Tenasserim. 



Ich. nanus, Blyth. 



HALiiiiTus LEUCORYPHCS, Pall. Martaban. 



H. LEUCOGASTER, Gmel. Pegu. Tenasserim. Andamans. 



Hume thus writes of this species : " The whito-bellicd sea eagle is vciy 

 voracious, and during the morning I watched them incessantly returning to one or 

 other of the big trees bearing sea snakes, 5 or 6 feet in length, in their elaws, which 

 they devoured at tlieir ease. It is a fine sight to see these eagles striking one after 

 another in rapid succession. Soaring far far above the highest tree in the island, 

 often, I should judge, to a height of at least 1000 feet, they come down with 

 nearly closed wings, and with a rushing roar like that of a cannon ball, in a 

 perfectly direct line, making an angle of about 60° with the water, which tliey 

 scarcely seem to reach, before they are again mounting with heavy flaps, and ^^■itl^ 

 a yard or two of snake hanging dead in their talons " (S.F. iv. p. 423). 



