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(Baza lophotes), indigenous to India, the Malay Peninsula, and the Indo- 

 Chinese countries, has, like all its kindred, a crest on the back of the head, and in 

 colour is glossy black, with the wings grey and white, the under surface of the 

 tail grey, the shoulders marked with chestnut and reddish brown, the breast barred 

 with white and chestnut above, and, lower down, ochre-yellow banded with brown. 

 For a bird-of-prey this is certainly a striking coloration. The handsome serpent- 

 eagles, distinguished by the long, movable crest on the head, range from India 

 to the Malay Islands, their largest representative being Spilornis child, 

 which is found throughout the Oriental region in the neighbourhood of water, 



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CRESTED WOOD-PARTRIDGES. 



where it feeds on snakes, lizards, and frogs, as well as small mammals, birds, and 

 insects. The crested eagles, characterised b}^ their feathei'ed legs, are forest-birds 

 inhabiting Africa, and the tropical parts of Asia and America. The Malay crested 

 eagle (Spizaetus caligatus), which ranges from Kashmir and Bengal to the Malay 

 Archipelago, preys on hares, squirrels, and peacocks and other game-birds. Most 

 remarkable of all is the great monkey-eating eagle (Pithecai )haga jefferyi) of the 

 Philippines, the sole representative of its genus, and first described in 1896. 



Among game-birds, a characteristic and peculiar Oriental group 

 is that of the wood-partridges ; the crested representative of which, 

 Rollulus roulroul, the only member of its genus, ranges from the south of 



Game-Birds. 



