ACCIPITRES. 



FALCONIDiE. 



AQUILINiE. 



Genus NEOPUS. 



Bill longer than in Lophotriorchis, more suddenly hooked at the tip, the festoon less pro- 

 nounced ; cere large, the nostrils oval and partially covered by the loral bristles. Wings very 

 long and exceeding the tail when closed ; the terminal portions of the longer primaries very 

 concave beneath ; 4th, 5th, and 6th quills subequal and longest. Tarsus slender, feathered to the 

 toes, which are short, the inner nearly as long as the middle, the outer very short. Claws slightly 

 curved ; the inner claw very long, exceeding the hind ; outer claw very short, not reaching to the 

 tip of the middle toe. 



NEOPUS MALAYENSIS. 



(THE BLACK KITE-EAGLE.) 



Falco malayensis, Temm. PL Col. i. pi. 117 (1824). 



Aquila malayensis, Vig. Zool. Journ. i. p. 337 (1824) ; Schlegel, Vog. Nederl. Ind., Valkv. 



pp. 8, 49, pi. 3. figs. 1, 2 (1866). 

 Aquila malayana, Less. Traite, p. 39 (1831). 

 Ictinaetus malayensis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 7 (1846) ; Kelaart's Prodromus, Cat. p. 114; 



Layard, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1853, xii. p. 99. 

 Neopus malayensis, Jerd. B. of Ind. i. p. 65 (1862); Hume, Eough Notes, i. p. 187 ; Wald. 



Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 34; Holdsworth, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 411; Legge, Ibis, 1874, p. 8; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds, i. p. 257; Bourdillon, Str. Feath. 1876, p. 355. 

 Heteropus malayensis, Hume, Nests and Eggs, i. p. 32. 

 The Black Eagle, Kite-Eagle, in India. 



Heugong, Bhot. ; Adavi nalla geclda, Tel., lit. " Jungle Black Kite " (apud Jerdon). 

 Kalu-Bajaliya, lit. " Black Eagle," Sinhalese. 



Adu^t male. Length to front of cere 25-0 to 27 - 2 inches ; oilmen from cere 1-35 ; wing 206 to 21-75, expanse 63-0 

 to 64-0 ; tail 12-2 to 13-5 ; tarsus 3-2 ; mid toe 1-6 to 1-7, its claw (straight) 1-1 to 1-2 ; inner claw (straight) 1-6, 

 hind claw (straight) 1-45 ; height of bill at cere 0-55. 



Adult female. Length to front of cere 2S - to 29-5 inches ; culmen from cere 1*37 ; wing 23-0 to 25-0, expanse 75-0 ; 

 tail 13-5 to 14-5 ; tarsus 3-5 to 3-8 ; inner claw (straight) 1-7 to 1-9 ; height of bill at cere 0-6. "Weight 3| lb. 



