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No. 72. *Ketupa Ceylonensis. Get. 
Ture Brown Fisu Owt. 
This species breeds from December to March, but the majority 
lay I think in February. They always nest in the vicinity of 
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(Three males and three females measured and weighed.) 
The fifth primary the longest (fourth and sometimes third and fourth sub- 
equal. The first is 2°5 to 4°75 shorter, the secend 0°70 to 1:40, and the 
third nil to 0°50, shorter. Exterior tail feathers 0°45 to 13 shorter than 
central ones. 
Description. Legs and feet, (tarsus feathered in front, for from 05 
to 1:00, but the leg bare behind for from 0:25 to 0°6 above the joint), 
a dingy greenish grey, light greenish, or sometimes plumbeous. Three 
large scutze at the end of each toe, the rest of the upper surface of the toes, 
and tarsus, with small prominent reticulated scales. Papille of the soles of 
the feet harsh and much developed, reminding one of the soles of an Osprey. 
Inner toe and claw, nearly as long and stouter than the mid toe. Claws 
bluish grey at the base, horny black beyond ; mid claw with two sharp edges 
developed, one on the inner side, and one beneath ; other claws round or 
elliptical in section with a sharp knife-like ridge developed below. rides 
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