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b. Feathers extend on to basal portion of middle 

 toe. 

 c . Large : wing 17-18'5. 



n" . White bands on abdominal feathers in- 



teiTupted at shafts S. 7iepalensis, p. 352, 



b". White bands go completely across abdo- 

 minal feathers S. kelaarti, p. 354. 



d'. Small : wing about 9-5 S. albiniger, p. 354. 



1211. Spizaetus cirrhatus. Tlie Crested Hawk-Eagle. 



Falco cirrhatus, Gmel. Si/st. Nat. i, p. 274 (1788). 



Falco ceylanensis, Gmel. t. c. p. 275 (1788). 



Falco cristatellus, Tejum. PL Col. pi. 282 (1824). 



Nisaetus cristatellus, Elliot, Madr. Jour. L. S. x, p. 234 ; Jerdon, III. 

 Lid. Orn. text to pi. 1, p. 7. 



Spizaetus cristatellus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii, p. .306; Horsf. Sf M. 

 Cat. i, p. 33. 



Nisaetus cin-atus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv, p. 174. 



Spizaetus limnaetus, var., Blyth, Cat. p. 24. 



Limnaetus cristatellus, Jerdon, B. 1. i, p. 71. 



Spizaetus cirrhatus, Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 242 ; Hume, Rough Notes, 

 p. 206 ; id. S. F. iii, p. 446 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. i, p. 269 ; Fair- 

 bank, S. F. iv, p. 253 ; Hume ^- Bourd. ibid. p. 356 ; Oates in 

 Hume's N. ^f E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 147. 



Spizaetus sphynx, Hume, S. F. i, p. 321. 



Limnaetus cirrhatus, Gurney, Ibis, 1877, p. 429; Ball, S. F. vii, 

 p. 198 ; Hume, Cat. no. 35 ; Vidal, S. F. ix, p. -30 ; Butler, ibid. 

 p. 373 ; Davidson, S. F. x, p. 288 ; Hume, ibid. p. 336 ; Barnes, 

 Birds Bom. p. 33 ; id. Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. iii. p. 214. 



Limnaetus ceylonensis, Gurney, Ibis, 1877, p. 430; 1878, p. 85; 

 Hume, S. F. vii, p. 511 ; id. Cat. no. 35 bis. 



Spizaetus ceylonensis, Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 55, pi. ii ; Parker, S. F. 

 ix, p. 476. 



Limnaetus sphynx, Hume, Cat. no. 34 quat. 



Shah Baz, H. ; Jutu Bhyri, Tel. ; Rajaliya, Ciug. 



Fig. 88. — Head of .S'. cirrhatus, 



Coloration, Adult. Feathers of head and neck above and at the 

 sides blackish brown, with pale oi' rufous edges ; occipital crest 

 4 to 6 inches long, black, and, except in very old birds, tipped 



