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misprint in tlie measurements of tliis bird, given on page 345. 

 The male appears as " about 29 " inches long, for which, perhaps, 

 read" 20." Jerdon gives " 21 to 22." 



LopJiotriorchis kieneri is a rare bird of the same size, with black 

 head and crest (two and-a-half inches long), but most remarkable for 

 the chestnut colour of the underparts sometimes . extending to the 

 breast. Its occurrence in our province seems doubtful to our Author. 



The black eagle, IciiTrcetus malayensis '^ is not met with in the 

 Malay Peninsula and Islands," and would be better known by Hodg- 

 son's name, pernigra. We have it on the Ghats. 



The next genus is Spizcetusj whereof " the oriental forms are dis- 

 tinguished by some writers as LimncetuSj' an unlucky name, as they 

 are fowl of the, forest, and by no ineans of water, nor of bays. We 

 have one fine species, S, cirrhatus, Limncetus cristabaillus of Jerdon. . 

 It is in all our forests ; most abundant, perhaps, in those of Southern 

 Kolaba ; a great region for birds of prey. It is a fine bold bird, 

 seldom seen to advantage on the wing, flying low through the forest, 

 but with great speed and power when after quarry. 



It is particularly noticeable for its fine crest, " 4 to G inches long, 

 black, and, except in very old birds, tipped white," which gives it the 

 Maratha name of " Shenduri Ghar" (= the kite with a sJiendi, 

 or " scalp-lock," woi5 " red-lead kite"). The crest feathers are but 

 slowly tapered and very flexible towards the tip, as *' hackles" are. 

 When the bird is in motion, they lie back close to the neck-plumage, 

 and are invisible from below. .From above {e.g., from a cliff) they 

 show as a conspicuous black stripe on the nape,, and then only the 

 bird is easily known on the wing. When he alights, up go the black 

 plumes almost vertically. If in proy, they are drawn up by the 

 powerful scalp muscles, till they seem to bend forward, quivering 

 with the excitement of the bird. The present writer has never seen 

 them in the horizontal position shov,ia in our author's" figure (p. 349), 

 wherein they seem more like quill feathers stuck into the scalp. 



They are very well worth getting for a lad}'-, and this fierce 

 wood-eagle is not a bird that much sentiment need be spent upon. 

 Moreover, his arboreal habits prevent him from being any great 

 feature in landscape, unless on the rare occasions when he chooses 

 n big dead tree for look-out post. The best way to get him is to send 



