148 CRESTED INDIAN FALCON. 



East Indies. For bigness it was not much inferior 

 to a Goshawk: the head flat, black, copped, the 

 crest hanging down backwards from the hind part 

 of the head like a Lapwing's, but forked: the neck 

 red: the breast and belly were parti-coloured of 

 black and white, the alternate cross lines being 

 very bright and fair: the irides of the eyes yellow: 

 the beak of a deep or dark blue, almost black, 

 especially towards the point; for the base was 

 covered with a yellow membrane : the legs feather- 

 ed down to the feet : the feet yellow : the talons 

 of a dark black: the lesser rows of wing-feathers 

 had whitish edges: the train was varied with 

 transverse spaces or beds of black and cinereous 

 alternately: the rest of trie feathers were black." 



Mr. Latham in his Supplement mentions his 

 having seen a drawing of this species, which varied 

 in having a broad black bar across the breast. 



On turning to the description of the Crowned 

 Eagle (Falco coronatus) the reader will perceive 

 many points of affinity between that bird and the 

 present species. The Crowned Eagle is however 

 a native of Africa. 



