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THE MALAY PROVINCE 



footed Microhierax ccerulescens, which inhabits Nepal, Burma, and Cambodia. The 

 honey-buzzards are represented in Malaya by the crested Pemis ptilorhynchus, 

 whose rano-e extends from India and Ceylon to the larger Malay Islands. To the 

 same group belongs the bramini kite (Haliastur indus), whose habitat extends from 

 India to China. The favourite haunts of this species are the neighbourhood of the 





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REIJ-FOOTED FALCONET. 



seashore, or the banks of rivers, swamps, and large artificial ponds. In Calcutta 

 and other ports where it is abundant it often visits the shipping, and will follow 

 vessels on their voyage for the sake of the kitchen-refuse. It captures small fish 

 from the surface of the water, picks up frogs and crabs in swamps and rice-fields, 

 eats insects, and robs kites and crows of their prey, although it seldom attacks 

 birds, unless they be ill or maimed. A notable group are the falcon-kites, whose 

 range extends from Africa and India to Australia. The common black species 



