70 



Larger ; wing ^ 21.50. 

 1 94a . Ictinaetus malayensis perniger Hodgs . , J nl . As , 

 Soc. Bengal, v., 1836, p. 227. [Nepal.] 

 Indian Crested Eagle. 



India, 



Ceylon, 



Burma, 



Malaj' 



Peninsula, 



Gen. L. SPIZIASTUR Gray (1841). 



Head crested ; claws curved and powerful ; the 

 circumference of inner claw about equal to length 

 of outer toe and claw. 



Length 9. 24 in., ^ 21 in. ; wing $ 16.4, <S 15 

 in. ; above blackish, quills and tail ashy 

 brown, slightly tipped with fulvous and 

 banded with l)lack ; head, neck and under 

 surface white. 

 105. Spiziastur melanoleucus (Vieill.), X. Diet., iv., 

 p. 482 (1816). [Guiana] 

 Black and White Crested Eagle. 



Central & S. 

 America. 



Gen. LI. SPIZAETUS Vieill. (1816). 



Tarsi feathered as before ; crest sometimes fully 

 developed, sometimes absent ; wings short, falling 

 short of tail by more than length of crest. 



Length $ 28.5 in., wing 16.2 in. ; (J 24, wing 

 13.4 in. ; occipital crest 3 in. long ; sides and 

 back of neck bright rufous ; above black, 

 feathers brown at base ; wings brown, barred 

 with blackish ; tail brown with 4 or 5 blackish 

 bands ; below white, chest slightly streaked 

 and abdomen broadly banded with black ; on 

 each side of face below eye a black mous- 

 tachial band. Young much browner and 

 with 6 bands on tail. 

 196, Spizaetus ornatus (Baud.), Traite, ii., p 

 (1800). [Cayenne.] 

 Manduit's Hawk-Eagle. 



77 Central and 

 S. America, 

 S. to Para 

 guay. 



Size about the same ; above and below black, 

 browner on wings ; under surface of wing with 

 3 irregular bands of white ; upper and under 

 tail coverts slightly spotted with white ; tail 



