MASON AND LKFROY. 201 



1210. Ictinaetfi malayensis. Black Eagle. Most destructive 

 to small game, a reward for its destruction being offered by the Nil- 

 giri game association. B. N. H. S. J. XIV, 164. Largely on young 

 eggs of birds, also occasionally feeds on reptiles. F. I. Ill, 

 348. 



Almost exclusively lives by robbing nests of young and eggs. 

 I dare say if it saw a young or sickly bird it might seize it," but 

 it is pot fast enough for a pheasant or a partridge. Hodgson ' ' It 

 preys on pheasants as well as their eggs." "I have invariably 

 found that eggs and nestlings alone had been its food. In three cases 

 I found the eggs of the hill quail Coturnix erythrorhyncha, of 

 Malacoccercus, and of some doves- Turtur with nestlings, and the 

 remains of some eggs which I did not know. I have known it also 

 after circlirg several times over a small tree, alight on it and carry 

 off the contents of a doves nest.'' Jerd. B. I. I, 66. Bat. B. N. H. 

 S. J. X, 284. I have been told it will take Jungle-fowl. 



Sp zae us, L^mnaetus, Neopus, Nisaetus. The food is extremely 

 varied, including in different cases, monkeys, bucks, lambs, goats, 

 hares, rabbits, birds as large as bustards and geese, lizards, frogs, 

 or even fish. E. B. C. N. H., 160. 



1211. Spizaetus cirrhatus. Crested Hawk-Eagle. Hares, part- 

 ridges, young Pea-fowl, Jungle-fowl, &c. Jerd. B. I. I, 73. To 

 these Blanford adds squirrels, lizards, &c. F. I. Ill, 351. 



Very destructive to poultry. B. N. H. S. J. XVII, 670. Fowls 

 and chickens. B. N. H. S. J. XV, 716. 



Night-hawk. Caprimulgidse. B. N. H. S. J. X, 505 ? Very 

 destructive to poultry yards : it preys also on bush quail, and it 

 has been seen pursuing green pigeons. It also attacks and kills 

 small snakes. Bombay Gaz., Ratnagiri, Vol. X, p. 56. 



1212. Spizaetus limnaetus. Changeable Hawk-Eagle. Koel 

 (Eudynamis honorata), mynah, pigeons, chickens, B. N. H. S. J. 

 XII, 685. Equals No. 1211 in habits. F. I. Ill, 352. 



1213. Spi'aetus nepalensis. Hodgson's Hawk-Eagle. Phea- 

 sants, partridges and other game birds, Jerd, B.I. I, 74, Phea- 



