336 NOTES ON SOME BIRDS COLLECTED ON THE NILGHIRIS 
have nothing to add, except that I can, with certainty, speak of 
its, occasionally at any rate, feeding on reptiles, as I have found 
the remains of a small snake in one. 
33.—Nisaetus fasciatus, Viedl/. Bonelli’s Eagle. 
This Eagle is not very rare onthe Nilghiris and its slopes, 
and I have also seen it in the plains country at the foot of the 
hills. It is very bold, and commits great havoc among domestic 
pigeons. I have seen one pounce down and carry off a 
large-sized English hen that certainly must have weighed as 
heavy as it did itself; and on another occasion I saw one make 
two unsuccessful stoops at a hare, striking it, however, the third 
time. Usually it is seen in pairs, and I have not unfrequently 
seen a pair circling at a considerable height over the station 
of Ootacamund. 
[35.—Limnaetus cirrhatus, Gm. The Crested Hawk 
Eagle. 
Certainly occurs not only on the Nilghiris themselves, whence 
I have had specimens, but also in the Wynaad and 8. W. 
Mysore.—A. O. H.] 
36.—Limnaetus nipalensis, Hodgs. Hodgson’s 
Hawk-Eagle. 
T know of but one specimen of this species obtained on the 
Nilghiris, and that was given to me in June 1872 for Mr. 
Hume by Mr, F. L. Chapman of Ootacamund.* This species 
is always, as pointed out by Mr. Hume (vide S. F., 1., 319), 
distinguished at once from the other Indian Hawk-Kagles by 
the feathering of the tarsi running down beyond the first 
joint of the mid toe. 
I once at Neddivuttum saw a large crested Hawk-Eagle 
perched on a tree by the roadside, which was probably also 
of this species. 
39.—Spilornis cheela, Lath. The Indian Harrier- 
Eagle. 
I obtained one specimen of this species, a female, at Kullar, 
at the foot of the Coonoor Ghat on the Ist of February 1881. 
The wing measured 18°5 inches. ‘This species I should say 
is very rare in Southern India. 
*® T cannot now find this skin, and I cannot, therefore, be sure that this specimen 
did not belong to the southern form called S. kelaarti by Major Legge.—Ep., 8. F 
