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allied forms can be arrived at, amongst the Eagles at any rate, 
merely from an examination of sterna. 
In the Etawah district, this bird is known as the “ Dhenk’”’ 
and “ Putras.”’ 
42 pis. Haliaetus? Pelagicus. Partas. 
(itll. Kupf. der. vog. t. 2. f. 1.—Fulco Leucopterus, Temm. 
Pl. Col. 489. The type of Thallassetus, Kaup. (1844.) Grays 
Gen. Vol. I.) 
It is with much hesitation, that I provisionally refer to the 
above-named species, two* examples, now in my museum, of 
an Haliactus, differing apparently from any species yet recorded 
from India. 
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The 4th primary is the longest. The 3rd is subequal, the 2nd is 1-4 
shorter, the Ist, 4°5, and the Sth 0°6, shorter. Exterior tail feather : 
M. 1°4 F. 2:2, shorter then the central ones. ; 
DESCRIPTION. 
Male. The legs and feet were bright orange yellow, the gape, and a 
portion of the cere yellow, the upper portion of the cere yellowish brown. 
Bill blackish horny. Inides, () (not recorded). The head, nape, cheeks, ear 
coverts, and sides of the neck, hair brown; all the feathers white at their 
