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Subfam. ClRCAETlNiE. 



Genus Circaetus, Vicillot. 



85. C. GALLicus (PI Enl. 413;. 



Syn. Falco galUcus, Ginelin. 



F. bracJujdachjIus, Temmiiick. 

 F. leiicopsis, Bechstein. 

 F. loiKjlpes, Wilson. 

 Aquila leucamphomma, Borkli. 

 A. pygaryus, Brisson. 



Sap mdrilo ('snake-killer'), Beng. : *S'a/«j;-w«o/' (ditto), 

 H. : Mnlpatu, Can. 

 Hab. Europe, Asia, and Africa. Common on the plains of 

 India, preferring an open country. It preys chiefly on snakes. 



A. B. Specimens from the neighbourhood of Calcutta 

 (1843-8). 



Genus H.ematornis, Vigors. 



SQ. II. CHEELA (Gould's century, pi. 1.) 

 Syn. Falco cheela, Latham. 

 //. undulatus, Vigors. 

 Circaetus nipalensis, Hodgson. 

 H. et Buteo hacha, apud Franklin and Sykes. 

 F. alhidus, Cuv., and Buteo melanotis, Jerdon, the young. 

 T'ddi-hnj (' spotted Hawk'), Beng. : Sabchur (' full- 

 crested'), 3'oung. Goomcaa-mooryala, Mahr. : JJoung- 

 tsicon, Arracan. 

 Hab. India generally : extremely common in Lower Bengal ; 

 preferring a jungly country, with shallow jheels and tanks, where it 

 prevs much on frogs which it clutches in the mud. 



A, B. C. Adults. E. F. G. H. Youug. From the 

 vicinity of Calcutta (1842-6.) 



87. H. BiDo. 



Syn. Falco hido, Horsfield., Lev. Ois. d' Afr. t, 15. 



F. hacha (?), Daudin. 



F. cheela, var. 1 

 Bido, Javan. 

 Hab. Malay countries, Africa ? 



Subfam. CIRCINiE. 

 Genus Circus, Lacepede. 



88. C. ^RUGiNostJS (Gould's B. E. pi. 32). 



Syn. Falco ceruginosus, L. 

 F. rufus, Gmelin. 

 F. arundinaceus, Bechstein. 

 Accipiter circus, Pallas. 

 Circus palustris, Brisson. 

 C. variegatus, Sykes. 



C. rufus var. indicus, and C. Sykesi, Lesson, 

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