372 Mr. McClelland’s Catalogue 
Order VII. EDENTATA. 
Genus Mantis, Linn. 
19. Manis brachyura, Erxl. 
“This animal has fifteen rows of scales, extending longitudinally 
over the body ; those on the back are longest, and are rounded pos- 
teriorly, but they are narrow below, and carinose ; while on the back 
they are simply striated at the base. Bristly hairs pass out between 
the scales, 
“‘ Lower parts of the head, the throat, and a line extending along 
the lower portion of the body to the tail, and the inner sides of the 
legs, without scales, but covered with a scanty coarse white hair.”— 
McClelland’s MS. 
AVES. 
Order I. RAPTORES. 
Fam. Fatconip&. Sub-Fam. AQuILINzE. 
Genus HALiaETUwS, Sav. 
1. Hal. Macei. Falco Macei, Temm. PI. Col. Pl. 8. 
“ A Fisher Eagle. Throat and nape yellowish-white, covered with 
long pointed feathers; crown and base of the neck grayish-yellow 
(feathers of the latter obtusely pointed), all other parts of the bird 
brown, except a broad band across the tail, which is white. The 
tarsi are naked two-thirds of their length: wings long, extending 
nearly to the extremity of the tail: length thirty-three inches. 
“This eagle preys on fish, and is particularly active during a 
storm, when it is found soaring over the lee-shore, descending on 
such fishes as are driven into shallow water. During fine weather 
it spends the principal portion of its time on some high solitary bank, 
quite motionless.” Me Clelland’s MS. 
2. Hal. Pondicerianus. Aquila Ponticeriana, Briss. Pl. enlum. 
416. Falco Pondicerianus, Gmel. Linn. I. 265. Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 
p- 23. 
Genus SpizAETUvs, Vieill. 
3. Spiz. RUFITINCTUs. Supra fuscus capite saturatiore, note@o 
nebulis dilutioribus vario; cauddé fusco et cinerescente late fas- 
ciatd; subtus albo fuscoque varius, collo pectoreque vittatis, ab- 
domine femoribusque fasciatis ; tarsi ultra medium plumosi. — 
“ Upper part of the body dark brown, with slight undulations of 
a deeper tint: breast and throat longitudinally striped with brown : 
belly and under surface of the wings white, transversely barred with 
brown: tarsi feathered to the lower third, each feather marked with 
five transverse bars: tarsi shielded: the beak short, much hooked, 
and sharp: claws and toes strong and formidable. 
“Jt inhabits the banks of the Burhampooter and other rivers in 
Assam, where it conceals itself in bushes and grass, along the verge 
of the water, seizing such fishes as approach the surface within its 
reach.”-~Mec Clellands MS. 
