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the man, apparently conscious of its situation, and without making 
use of its claws or bill, or exerting any effort to extricate itself, it 
suffered itself to be handled and examined very patiently. On being 
placed in a large cage, it made a few efforts in the beginning to set 
itself at liberty, but finding them ineffectual, it soon desisted, and by 
its calmness and dignity of manners, exhibited a resemblance to the 
more noble species of falcons. During the first days of its confine- 
ment it refused food altogether, but on becoming hungry, a fish was 
quietly placed in its bill, which was finally swallowed with great 
caution ; and it soon took greedily the fishes which were liberally 
supplied. Its usual attitude was with the bill half open, and it ap- 
peared to have frequent thirst, and took up copious draughts of 
water. The pair of birds which I obtained on these hills had been 
carefully observed by the natives for several years. Their cry re- 
sembled that of the osprey. They lived exclusively on fishes. They 
never attacked fowls or other animals. They daily resorted to the 
lake above mentioned, over which, suspended in the air, or sailing 
slowly along, they watched their prey. On observing a fish, they 
darted on it with impetuous velocity ; more rarely they pursued a 
more passive conduct, and watched the lake from the trees in its 
neighbourhood.” (Horsfield.) 
10. PANDION HUMILIs, Temminck et Miiller, Verh. over de 
Nat. Gesch., &c., t. 6. 
Ichthyaétus nanus, Blyth, J. A.S. Beng. 1842, p. 202, 1843, 
. 304. 
are Allied to P. ichthyaétus, but considerably smaller, being under 
2 feet in length ; the wings 14 inches, and tail, which is a little 
wedged, 83 inches; bill over curve, including cere, 1iths; and 
1{ths from tip of upper mandible to gape; tarse 24 inches; the 
talons large, and all (as in P. ichthyaétus) completely rounded, with 
the exception of that of the middle toe; 4th and 5th primaries equal 
and longest, a little exceeding the 3rd and 6th.” 
11. Haniaitus LEvcoGASTER. 
Falco leucogaster, Gmelin. 
Falco blagrus, Daudin. 
Falco dimidiatus, Raffles. 
Haliaétus sphenurus, Gould. (young.) 
Ichthyaétus cultrunguis, Blyth. (the semi-adult.) 
Blagrus leucogaster, Blyth. 
Falco maritimus, Gmelin. 
The Maritime Eagle, Latham. (the adult.) 
Kampamaur Eagle, Latham. (the semi-adult.) 
Samp-maR (‘snake-killer’) of the Hindoos (Blyth). 
Lane-taut of the Malays of Sumatra (Ratfiles). 
12. Haiastur INDUS. 
Falco indus, Boddaért. 
Falco ponticerianus, Gmelin. 
