18 Mr. E. Blyth on the Birds of India. 



bellicosus (?), Daudin. F. armiger (?), Shaw. Aquila intermedia, 

 Bonelli. Aq. bifasciata, Vieillot, Enc. Method, p. 1192 (teste 

 G. R. Gray). Nisaetus grandis, Hodgson, J. A. S. v. p. 230. 

 N. niveus, Jerdon, Catal. Genoese Eagle, Latham. 



Hab. S. of Europe and Asia; N. (and S. ?) Africa: in India 

 and Ceylon, confined chiefly to the hilly parts, where it is far 

 from rare. 



Genus Aquila, Meyer. 



56. Aq. chrysaetos. (PI. Enl. 409, 410; Gould's B. E. 

 pi. 6.) 



Syn. Falco chrysaetos, F. fulvus, F. melanaetos, et F. cana- 

 densis^, L. F. niger et F. americanus, Gmelin. F. melanonotus, 

 Latham. F. regalis, Temminck, Man. d'Orn. (1815) p. 10 (nee 

 PL Col. 495, teste G. R. Gray). Aq. nobilis, Pallas. Aq. regia, 

 Lesson. Aq. melanaetos, Brehm. Aq. daphania, Hodgson. 



Hab. Mountainous regions of the northern temperate zone, 

 including the Himalaya; but not N.E. Africa, according to 

 Riippell. 



57. Aq. imperialis. (Sav. Descr. de TEgypte, i. t. 12; 

 Gould's B, E. pi. 5.) 



Syn. Falco imperialis, Temminck. F. mogilnik, Gmelin. F. 

 ferox et Brown-backed Eagle, Latham. Aq. heliaca, Savigny. 

 Aq. bifasciata, J. E. Grayf. Aq. nipalensis, Hodgson, As. Res. 

 xviii. pt. 2. p. 13. pi. 1. Aq. chrysaetos, Jerdon, Catal. 



Hab. Hill regions of S.E. Europe and AsiaJ. 



58. Aq. fulvescens. Gray (Hardw. 111. Ind. Zool. ii. pi. 29). 

 Syn. Falco obsoletus,\Ac\iie)i^iem. Aq. fusca ei Aq. punctata. 



Gray, ibid. Aq. vindhiana, Franklin §. 

 Hab. Plains of India : abundant. 



* Aq. canadensis is recognized as distinct by the Americans {vide Proc. 

 Acad. Philad. 1859, p. 185). 



t Vide A. L. Adams in P. Z. S. 1858, p. 470. 



X " Extremely numerous in the Punjab, preying, with Vultures, on 

 carrion, and very numerous about the battle-fields" (L. C. Stewart). 



§ Distinct from A. ncevioides of Africa, which is larger and more power- 

 ful {vide J. A. S. xxiv. p. 253). 



