5 II. SpheniirilS, Vigors, Whistling Eagle. 



Under surface sandy, with dark shafts ; tail uniform ashy- 

 brown ; head and neck sandy coloured, with fulvous streaks. 

 Young. Less rufous ; white spots and streaks. 

 Hab. : 1 to 4, 6 to 9. 



GENUS MILVUS. Nostrils oblique, almost linear ; distance from angle 

 of mouth to anterior margin of nostril greater than distance from 

 latter point to tip of beak ; tail forked, outer feather longest. 



6. M, a Hi II is. Gld., Kite. 



Blackish above, rufous below ; head and throat brownish, with 

 central stripe ; wing under 16 in. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 6 to 9. 



GENUS -LOPHQICTINI A. Nostrils oblique, almost linear; distances 

 as measured in Milvus equal ; tail slightly forked, outer tail feather 

 longest. 



7. L. isura, Gld.. Long-winged Kite (Square- tailed Kite). 



Blackish-brown above, reddish orange below ; head shafts con- 

 spicuously marked. 



Hab. : 3, 6, 7, 9. 



GENUS GYPOICTINI A. Nostrils oblique, almost linear ; tail rounded, 

 outer feather shorter than middle one; ridge of bill (without cere) 

 greater than half of middle toe (without claw) ; wings reaching 

 to end of tail ; bare part of tarsus in front greater than half of 

 middle toe (without claw). 



8. G. melailOStema, Gld., Black-breasted Buzzard. 



Head and breast black. Adult male Total length, 24 in. ; 

 culmen, 2 '45 in. ; wing, 19 in. ; tail, 8 '5 in. ; tarsus, 2 65 in. ; middle 

 toe, 1 -95 in. 



Hab. : 6 to 9. 



GENUS ELANUS. Bare part of tarsus in front less than middle toe. 



9. E. axillarls, Lath. , Black-shouldered Kite 



General colour plumage greyish white, shoulder black, axillaries 

 white. 



Hab. : 1 to 4, 6, 7, 9. 



10. E. SCriptUS, Gld., Letter winged Kite. 



Plumage greyish white ; axillaries and broad bar across tinder 

 wing coverts black. 



flab. : 3, 4, 6, 7, 9. 



SUB-FAMILY FALCOXINJS. 

 Hinder aspect of tarsus reticulate ; commissure of bill distinctly notched. 



N 

 GENUS BAZA. Head crested. 



11. B. SUbcriStata, Gld., Crested Hawk. 



Head and neck ashy-grey, with small occipital crest of black 

 feathers ; rest of upper surface brown, the wing coverts and inter- 

 scapular region greyish-black ; quills dark brown, broadly barred 

 with black above and with greyish white under ; tail ashy-brown, 

 with four black bars ; forehead, lores, and sides of face clearer ashy 

 than head, as also the throat and chest, the chest washed with 

 rufous, the breast banded alternately with buffy-white and chestnut- 

 brown. Total length, 17 in. ; bill, 1 '2 in. ; wing, 13 5 in. ; tail, 

 9 in. ; tarsus, 1 % 4 in. 



Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 7. 



