SPIZAKTUS. 349 



b. Feathers extend on to basal portion of middle 



toe. 

 c'. Large : wing 17-18'5. 



a". White bands on abdominal feathers in- 

 terrupted at shafts S. nepalewis, p. 352. 



b" . White bands go completely across abdo- 

 minal feathers S. kelaarti, p. 354. 



d'. Small : wing about 9*5 S. albiniger, p. 354. 



1211. Spizaetus cirrhatus. The Crested Hawk-Eagle. 



Falco cirrhatus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i, p. 274 (1788). 



Falco ceylanensis, Gmel. t. c. p. 275 (1788). 



Falco cristatellus, Temm. PL Col pi. 282 (1824). 



Nisaetus cristatellus, Elliot, Madr. Jour. L. S. x, p. 234 ; Jerdon, III. 



Ind. Orn. text to pi. 1, p. 7. 

 Spizaetus cristatellus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii, p. 306; Horsf. M. 



Cat. i, p. 33. 



Spizaetus cirrhatus, Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 242 ; Hume, Rough Notes, 

 p. 206 ; id. S. F. iii, p. 446 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. i, p. 269 ; Fair- 

 bank, S. F. iv, p. 253; Hume fy Bourd. ibid. p. 356; Oates in 

 Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 147. 



Spizaetus sphynx, Hume, S. F. i, p. 321. 



Limnaetus cirrhatus, Gurney, Ibis, 1877, p. 429; Ball, S. F. vii, 

 p. 198 ; Hume, Cat. no. 35 ; Vidal, S. F. ix, p. 30 ; Butler, ibid. 

 p. 373; Davidson, S. F. x, p. 288; Hume, ibid. p. 336; Barnes, 

 Birds Bom. p. 33 ; id. Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. iii. p. 214. 



Limnaetus ce3 f lonensis, Gurney, Ibis, 1877, p. 430 ; 1878, p. 85 ; 

 Hume, S. F. vii, p. 511 ; id. Cat. no. 35 bis. 



Spizaetus ceylonensis, Legye, Birds Ceyl. p. 65, pi. ii ; Parker, S. F. 

 ix, p. 476. 



Limnaetus sphynx, Hume, Cat. no. 34 quat. 



Shah Baz, II. ; Jutu Bhyri, Tel. ; Rajaliya, Cing. 



Fig. 88. Head of S. cirrhatus, J. 



Coloration. Adult. Feathers of head and neck above and at the 

 sides blackish brown, with pale or rufous edges ; occipital crest 

 4 to 6 inches long, black, and, except in very old birds, 



