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H. albiciUa, Vigors & Horsfield. H. ossifragus, Raffles (?). H. 

 albipes et H. lanceolatus, Hodgson. H. unicolor, Gray. 



Hob. Northern India generally : abundant in Lower Bengal. 

 Common in Kashmir and along the Indus; Indo-Chinese and 

 Malay countries (?). 



Genus Haliastur, Selby. 



74. H. INDUS. (PI. Enl. 416.) 



Syn. Ffl/co zWiw, Boddaert. F. ponticerianuSf Gvcvt]m. Ha~ 

 lia'etus garrudu, Lesson. Milvus rotundicaudatus, Hodgson 

 (the young). 



Hab. India^ with Ceylon; Indo-Chinese and Malayan countries; 

 extremely common : replaced by an allied species in Australia, 

 which extends to New Guinea, Batchian, Amboyna, and Temate 

 (P. Z. S. 1860, p. 342; Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 154). 



Genus Miltus, Cuvier. 



75. M. GOvixDA, Sykes. 



Syn. M. cheela, 3 erdon. Halia'etus lineatus, Gray (the young), 



Hab. S.E. Asia and its islands ; extremely common. In Lower 



Bengal it disappears during the rains, with the exception of an 



occasional straggler. It abounds in the lower ranges of the 



Himalaya [vide Adams in P. Z. S. 1858, p. 471).* 



Fam. VULTURID^. 



Subfam. VuLTrRix.E. 



Genus Vultur, L. (as restricted). 



76. V. MOXACHUS, L. (Edwards, B. pi. 290; PI. Col. 426; 

 Gould's B. E. pi. 2.) 



S)Ti. V. cinereus et V. cristatus, Gmelin. V. arrianus, LapejT. 



sterna oi H.fulviventer from India and of H. leucoryphus{7) from the Crimea, 

 found a considerable difference between them (Ibis, 1S61, p. 223). 



* The 3/. melanotis, Temminck, from China and Japan, appears to me 

 to be a distinct race, however nearly akin. The beak is somewhat larger ; 

 and the back is spotted in the adult, which is never the case with 3/. go- 

 rinda. 



