Sie SPOLIA ZEYLANIGCA. 
and with pale margins ; the long crest blackish with white 
tips ; the feathers from the hind-neck to the rump earthy 
brown with narrow pale tips ; greater s condary coverts and 
tertiaries rather paler and with more white ; primaries, 
secondaries, and tail smoky-brown above, grayish-white below, 
with darker brown bars ; the inner primaries, the secondaries, 
and outer tail feathers with narrow white tips. The lores and 
a stripe behind the eye blackish-brown ; cheeks and ear coverts 
gray with dark shaft-stripes ; chin and throat buff, also with 
dark shafts ; the sides of the neck and of the breast more 
tawny ; rest of lower surface white with broad crossbars of 
pale rust colour, which are less conspicuous on the under tail 
coverts. 
Young birds are paler ; the dark bars on the tail are five in 
number, as against four in adults ; the lower surface is whiter, 
and the rusty cross bands are paler and less perfect. 
Bill blackish lead colour ; cere brownish-black ; iris orange- 
yellow ; legs and feet yellowish. 
Length about 17; wing 12; tail 8; tarsus 1°5; mid-toe 
without claw 1°5; bill from gape 1: 25. 
Distribution.—An extremely rare resident in the hills. It 
has also been obtained in India in the Wynaad. Itis. perhaps, 
only a sub-species of Bb. jerdont, which occurs in Sikkhim, 
Tenasserim, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra. 
Habits, &c.—Little is known of its habits. It occurs on 
wooded hill slopes and in the jungles scattered over the 
patanas. The nidification is as yet unknown, but probably its 
nesting habits resemble those of B. lophotes, which makes a 
nest like that of a small Kite in a high tree and lays three 
chalky white eggs. 
troup [X.—Faleons. 
The Falcons and their allies are a world-wide group noted 
for their speed and courage. Many of the species have long 
been trained by Falconers. 
The typical Falcons prey on birds, swooping down on their 
quarry while in flight, and killing it with a powerful ripping 
stroke of the hind claw. Kestrels, however, hover over the 
ground hunting for small mammals, upon which they drop 
