Niscetus grandis. 

 2ud. NlS^TUS PTJLCHEEj Hodgsoii. 



Above deep bro'UTi, blackish ou the cro-s^Ti and occipital crest ■which is 4 inches 

 long — feathej's of the nape pale at base and edges — beneath -white, tmged with fulvous — 

 chin blackish — central line of tlrroat and two lateral ones also blackish — breast ivith broad 

 longitudinal streaks — belly and flanks banded and mottled bro-mi and white — under tail 

 coverts the same — tibial plumes distinctly banded — tarsal plumes less so — upper tail coverts 

 and q^uiUs also banded — tail mth 5 dark broad bai's on a bro-svnish grey ground. Length 

 of mak £9 inches — ^wing 18 — tail 13. Female 33 — wing 19 — tail 14J. 



3rd.^-NisjETUs Kienieeii, Red-bodied Hawk-Eagle. 



Syn. — Astur Kiemerii, De Sparre — Guerin Mag. de Zoologie, 1835. — Nis. aliogularis, 



Tickell— Jour. As. Society, 1842. _ , 



Above black Avith a shade of brown — an occipital crest 2 J inches long — thi-oat, 

 ueck, and breast, 'pure white, the sides of the last only with black streaks — belly, flanks, 

 under tail coverts, legs, under surface of wings deep rufous, streaked with black on flanks 

 — tail broivii, obscurely banded — ^wings. and tad beneath albescent, with narrow bands— ^ 

 eaj' coverts white at base, the rest rufous, each feather streaked with black — ^irides dark 

 ■ — cere M'ax yellow. The spechnen fi-oni which this description Avas taken was probably 

 iu its second or third year ; the younger bird as shoAvn by some unmoulted feathers had the 

 broAvn of the upper plumage only moderately dark. An apparently more advanced stage is 

 described by De Sparre as quoted above. Pkunage above and occipital crest, fine black, 

 with copper reflections, most apparent on the wings — secondaries and ridge of wing edged 

 with clear rufous — throat wliite — cheeks mixed with white black and red — neck and breast 

 white with longitudinal medial black spots, most numerous and largest on the breast and 

 these mixed with rufous spots — ^belly, abdomen and sides rufous, marked with nuinerous 

 and large black medial spots — under tad coverts and legs unspotted rufous — tail black 

 above, albescent beneath with black band. Length 22 inches — wing 16 — tail 10 — biU If — 

 tarsus 3. 



A single specimen was procuxed by Lieutenant Tickell at Chyebassa in Central 

 India. The specimen described by De Sparre was said to be from the Himalayas and 

 is in the collection of Prince Essling. 



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