44. sPizAETis. 269 



6. Spizaetus cirrhatns, 



Le Faucon hup5 des Indes, Briss. Orn. i. p. 3G0 (1760, ex Willuh.). 



Ceylonese Crested Falcon, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 80 (1781). 



FaJco cirrhatns, Gm. S. N. i. p. 274 (1788, ej: Briss.). 



Falco cevlanensis, Gvi. S. N. i. p. 275 (1788, ex Lath.). 



Falco cristatellus, Temm. PL Col. i. pi. 282 (1824). 



Astur cristatellus, Less. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 94 (1828). 



Morphnus cristatellus, Less. Traite, p. 52 (1831). 



Spizaetus cristateUus, Jartf. Sf Selby, Lll. Orn. ii. pi. 66 (P1832); 



Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 14 (1845). 

 Nisaet'us cristatellus, EUiot, 3Iadr. Joiirn. x. p. 234 (1839) ; Jerd. 



III. Lid. Orn. p. (1847). 

 Nisaetus cirrhatus, Bhjth, J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 174 (1845). 

 Limnaetus cirrhatus, Gray, Gen. B. iii. App. p. 1 (1849) ; Kaiip, 



Contr. Orn. 1850, p. 61. 

 Spizaetus ciiThatus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 29 (1850) ; Strickl. Orn. Si/n. 



p. 69 (1855) ; Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 13 (1869) ; Hume, Boia/h 



Notes, i. p. 206 (1869) ; Schl. Revue Accipitr. p. 52 (1873, js^.). ' 

 Limnaetus cristatellus, Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 71 (1862) ; Hvldsio. P. Z. S. 



1872, p. 411. 



Young female. Above dark brown, with paler margins and bases 

 to the feathers ; the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts de- 

 cidedly paler tlian the back ; the median and greater coverts paler 

 brown than the smallest ones, much varied with white bases and 

 margins to the feathers ; quills brown, barred across with dark 

 brown ; the primaries externally shaded with ashy grey, the secon- 

 daries tipped with huffy white ; all the bars veiy distinct below, 

 the inner lining of the wing being white shading into ashy grey 

 towards the tips of the feathers ; tail pale brown, baiTed across 

 with five bands of dark brown, the subterminal one equal to or 

 narrower than the penultimate interspace ; head and neck duU fawn- 

 colour, with blackish centres to the feathers, much broader on the 

 hind neck, narrow and hair-like on the sides of face and ear-coverts ; 

 the cheeks again more broadly streaked, forming an irregular mous- 

 tache ; an occipital crest 4-1 inches long, black, with huffy white 

 tips and margins ; under surface of body entirely white, the lower 

 throat and chest longitudinally streaked with blackish brown ; the 

 breast with a few streaks of pale nifous brown, widening into broad 

 spots on the abdomen ; sides of body, flanks, thighs, and under tail- 

 coverts pale fawn-brown ; the axillaries a little brighter, and 

 slightly mottled with white ; under wing- coverts white, with 

 distinct blackish spots, largest on the lower series ; iris dun-brown. 

 Total length 29 inches, culmen 1-75, wing 17'4, tail 13, tai-sus 4-3. 

 Adult male. Above brown, with faint margins of paler brown on 

 the dorsal feathers ; the neck and interscapulary region varied with 

 pale almost whity brown bases to the feathers, which are streaked 

 with dark brown along the shaft : the head darker brown, with much 

 broader dark brown centres ; an occipital crest of pure black feathers 

 3-8 inches in length, the long plumes not tipped with white, but 

 whitish at immediate base : wing-coverts dark brown, with faint 

 margins of pale brown, the greater series decidedly lighter ; quills 



