AVIFAUNA OF CHOTA NAGPUR. 37£ 



high on the summits of tall decayed trees, and uttered wild 

 plaintive screams (the only specimen seen)." 



Mr. Hume (Rough Notes, I., p. 210) mentions having heard 

 of a " small semi-crested Eagle the minature of S. caligatus" 

 which he thinks may be the same as TickelFs bird ; specimens of 

 this bird are however wanting. He also suggests the possibi- 

 lity of S. nanus, Wallace, being the same species. 



S. nanus is described* from a single imperfect specimen 

 from Borneo ; its measurements are : — 



" Total length 19 inches ; wing 11 inches ; the tip 2 inches ; 

 tail 8*5 inches ; tarsus 2 '625 inches ; middle toe 1*375 inches; 

 inner toe '86 inches. The middle toe is feathered nearly to the 

 first joint. "" 



I have given the description above in full, in the hope that 

 it may enable some of the residents in Chota Nagpur to hunt' 

 up specimens of this bird. 



11. — Limnaetus Kienierii, Be Sparre. Spizaetus 

 albogularis, Tickell (37.) 



The Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle was obtained by Colonel 

 Tickell near Chaibassa, but does not appear to have been observed 

 since. Mr. Blyth, J. A. S. B., XL, 458, gives a full descrip-. 

 tion of Colonel Tickell's specimen. 



At page 310 of Vol. I of this Journal, Mr. Hume has given 

 the fullest account yet published of this species. 



Circaetus gallicus, Gmel. (38.) 



As the common Serpent-Eagle very probably occurs, though 

 it has not yet been recorded in Chota Nagpur, I think it not 

 altogether out of place to give the following note upon a speci- 1 

 men which I recently shot in the Satpuras : — 



Male. — Head white; above feathers tipped earthy brown with 

 the shafts black ; beneath white ; bristly portion of the shafts of 

 the feathers from chin to breast black or dark brown. A few 

 terminal earthy-fawn colored spots on the breast. In other 

 respects resembles specimen described in l( Rough Rotes." 



Measurements in inches : — 



S Wing 19-9 ; tail 10*7 ; tarsus 3*8 ; bill from gape 2 4. 



12.— Spilornis cheela, Baud (39.) 



The Crested Serpent-Eagle is tolerably common throughout 

 the wooded parts of Chota Nagpur. 



* Ibis, IV, N. S-, 1868, p. 14. 



