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MANUAL OF THE NILAGIRI DISTRICT. 



CHAP. VIII, 

 PAKT I. 



Zoology. 



ORDER RAPTORES. 



FAMILY VULTUEID^. 

 Gyps Indicus. The Long-hilled Broim Vulture. 



Neophron pei'enopterus. The White Scavenger Vidture. 



FAMILY FALCONID^. 



Falco peregrinator. 

 Tinminculus alaudarius. 

 Erythropus cenchris. 



,, vespertinus. 



Astnr palumbarius. 



The Shahin Falcon. 

 The Kestril. 

 The Lesser Kestril. 

 The Red'leg'jed Falcon. 

 The Goshawk. 



(Lophospiza) trivii'gatus. The Crested Goshawk. 



Accipiter nisus. 



„ vlrgatus. 



Neopus Malaiensis. 

 Nisaetus Bonelli. 

 Spiloruis cheela. 

 Buteo vulgai-is. 

 Milvus govinda. 

 Pernis cristata. 



Strix Javanica. 

 „ Candida. 

 Syrnium indranee. 

 Urrua Bengalensis. 

 Ketupa Ceylonensis. 

 Ephialtes pennatus. 

 Athene radiata. 

 Ninox scatellatus. 



The European Sparroio-HawJc. 

 The Bcsra Sparrow-Hawk. 

 The Black Eagle. 

 The Crestless Eaivk-Eagle. 

 The Crested Serpent-Eagle. 

 The Common Buzzard. 

 The Common Pariah Kite. 

 The Crested Honey-Buzzard. 



FAMILY STRIGID^. 



The Indian Screech-Oivl. 

 The Grass-Owl. 

 The Brown Wood-Oiol. 

 The Bock Horned- Otd. 

 The Brown Fish-Owl. 

 Tlie Indian Scops-Oid. 

 The Jungle Owlet. 

 The Brown Hawk-Owl. 



Hirundo rustica. 



„ domicola. 



,, daurica. 

 Cotyle concolor. 

 „ rupestris. 

 Chelidon iirbica. 

 Acanthylis gigantea. 

 Cypselus melba. 



,, affinis. 

 Collocalia nidifica. 



ORDER INSESSORES. 



TRIBE FISSmOSTRES. 

 FAMILY HIRUNDINID^. 



The Common Swalloio. 



The Nilagiri House- Swalloio. 



The Eed-r2unped Sivalloio. 



The Dusky Crag -Mart in. 



The Mountain Crag-Martin. 



The English House-Martin. 



The Broion-necked Spine-tail. 



The Alpine Swift. 



The Common Indian Swift. 



The Indian Edible-nest Swiftlet. 



Dendrochelidon coronatiis. The Indian Crested Sirift. 



FAMILY CAPRIMULGID^. 



Batrachostomus moniliger. The Waindd Frog-mouth. 

 Caprimulgus Kelaarti. 



Mahrattousis. 



The Nilagiri Night-jar. 

 Syke$' Night-jar. 



