AQUILINE. 83. 



— H. unicolor, Gray, Hardwicke's 111. Ind. Zool. 1, PI. 19 

 (the young bird after the first moult). 



Macharang, H.; also Mach-manga, — Koral, Machhorol, and Bala, 

 Beng. — Kohm and Ugus of the Coles in Central India, (Tickell) ; 

 and also on the Ganges at Rajmahal. 



The Ring-tailed Sea Eagle. 



Descr. — Adult, whole head and neck pale fulvous, brownish on 

 the head and nape, feathers of the neck long and lanceolate ; inter- 

 scapulars, back, and rump, rich brown ; scapulars and wings dark 

 brown, blackening on the quills ; tail ashy black, or dark cinereous, 

 with a broad white central band ; beneath, from the throat, reddish 

 brown, darkest on the lower abdomen, thigh coverts, and under 

 tail coverts. 



The young bird has the head and hind neck light brown ; ear 

 coverts dusky brown; the upper plumage brown, with the quills 

 dark; tail black throughout; lower plumage pale brown. 



Length 33 ; wing 25 ; exp.7 feet ; tail 10 inches ; tarsus (feathered 

 for half its length) 4; mid-toe and claw, 4^; bill at gape 3 ; height 1^. 



Tarsus with a few large scales in front, below the feathers, gra- 

 dually lost before the toes ; all the rest of the tarsus with irregu- 

 lar hexagonal scales. The wings reach to the end of the tail, 

 which is very slightly rounded. 



This fine Fish Eagle is found throughout the North of India, most 

 abundant in Bengal, and the countries to the westward. It ascends 

 the Ganges and other large rivers to some distance, and is found 

 in Nepal, and as far north-west as Cashmere, where Dr. Adams 

 has observed it on the lakes and rivers. It is also common on the 

 Indus. It is said to be found in the Crimea, and to be identical 

 with F. hucoryphus of Pallas. But Mr. Newton on examining the 

 sterna of H. Macei from India, and so called leucnryj)hn!i from the 

 Crimea, found a considerable difference between them. — Vide 

 Ibis, vol 3, p. 223. 



I have only seen it myself on the Ganges and Hooghly, and a 

 few of their tributaries. It lives chiefly on fish, also on turtle, and 

 snakes ; and most probably will take other food, and often carries 

 oif a wounded duck. It does not, however, dive for fish like the 



