II. splH'iiiiriis. 1 tluiLTagle 



Under iurfaoe sandy, with dark shifts ; tail aniform ashy- 

 brown : bead and aeck sandy coloured, with fulvous streak*. 

 Voui D Leai I nfoua : white spots and streaks. 



Ba i bo t. 6 to i». 

 IflLVUS. — Nostrils oblique, almost linear; distant- from angle 

 mouth t<» anterior margin of nostril greater than distance from 

 r point to tip of beak ; tail forked, outer feather longest. 



II. aflini*. 11 



Blackish above, rufous below ; head and throat hrownish, with 

 central strip* ; wing under 16 in. 

 Hab. i.e. ::. 6 to 0. 



- LOPHQICTINIA. — Nostrils oblique, almost linear; distances 

 ai measured in Milvus equal ; tail slightly forked, outer tail feather 



longest. 



7. L. isura, Gld., Long-winged Kite (Square- tailed Kite). 



Blackish brown above, reddish orange below ; head shafts con- 

 spicuously mat ked. 



Bab. : 3, 6, 7, 9. 



- GYPOICTINIA. — Nostrils oblique, almost linear; tail rounded, 

 outer feather shorter than middle one; ridge of bill (without cere) 

 greater than half of middle toe (without claw) ; wings reaching 



nd of tail ; hare part of tarsus in front greater than half of 

 middle toe (without claw). 



B <■. lIH'lailttStoma. Gld., Black-breasted Buzzard. 



Head and breast black Adult male— Total length, 24 in. ; 

 culmen, _' 4"> in. ; wing, 19 in. ; tad, S 5 in. ; tarsus, 2 65 in. ; middle 

 toe, J 05 m. 



Hab. : 6 to 9. 



- ELAN US. — Bare part of tarsus in front less than middle toe. 



E« axillaris. Lath., Black-shouldered Kite 



leral colour plumage greyish white, shoulder black, axdlaries 

 whit«\ 



Hab. : 1 to 4, 6, 7, 9. 



1" L. leriptBSj Old., Letter winged Kite. 



Plumage greyish white j axillaries and broad bar across under 

 u in.' ooi erti black. 



i. 6, :. 0. 



Sub-family — Falconing. 



Hinder a*| ; ulau- ; commissure of bill distinctly notched. 



BAZA Head '-rested. 



n B. rabeiiStaUs, I Hawk. 



.- 1 1 1 • 1 Deck ash} grey, with irnall occipital crest of black 



lurtacc brown, the wing coverts and inter- 



: quitti dark brown, broadly barred 



ad with greyish-white under: tail ashy-brown, 



:. lores, and side- oi fa ■•■ clearer ashy 



throat and chest, the chest washed with 



i,.it» dy with huffy-white and chc-stnut- 

 I h, 17 in.; bill, 12 in. j wring, l'o 5 in j tail, 



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