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scaled. Talons sub-equal, acute, wings long, broad-webbed, sub-equal 

 to the tail; 3rd quill longest ; notch of the inner web remoter than 

 in Falco or in Ierax. Head crested. 



Type, Baza Syama*, nob. No. 657. Habitat, lower region of hills ; 

 size small ; make lobust : habits insectivorous. 



Affinities various with Cyminais, Harpagus, Ierax and Pernisf . Not 

 known to Indian falconers. Station in Vigor's arrangement, at the 

 head ot the Falconina, between Harpagus and Ierax. 



Stkigice, Aberrant group. Sw. 



Disc and conch evanescent : ears simple. Sub-family of the eagle 

 owls, or Aetoglaucinaz, nob. 



Egrets conspicuous : great size and strength. Sub-diurnal questing. 

 A very strong elongated bill. Eminently raptorial feet, and ample 

 gradated wings, equal or nearly so to the medial square tail. 



Genus Huhuct, nob. 



Bill equal to the head, basally straightened beyond the cere, 

 suddenly hooked, very strong, festooned, with trenchant scarpt tomise. 



Nares ovoid, transverse, partially exposed. Wings sub-equal to the 

 tail : 4th and 5th quills sub-equal and longest. Tarsi short, immense- 

 ly stout, thickly plumed. Toes very strong, hirsutely plumose, par- 

 tially denuded and scaled ; the exterior antagonising but not versa- 

 tile. Talons immense, acute, very unequal ; the inner fore conspi- 

 cuously largest ; and hind equal to the outer fore. 



Type, Huhda Nipalensis, nob. No. 54 J. Habitat, all three regions 

 of the hills. Habits subdiurnal and mammalivorous. 



Genus Cultrunguis, nob. 



Bill equal to head, straightened as far as the cere, gradually curved 

 beyond it, moderately compressed, strong. Nares elliptic, partially 

 exposed. Wings unpectenated, equal to the tail ; 4th quill longest. 

 Tarsi sub-elevate, strong, compressed, partially or wholly nude, 

 reticulate. Toes long, nervous, compressed, reticulate, with three or 

 four scales next each talon ; the anterior digits sub-equal ; the hind 

 large. Soles of the feet aculeated. Talons sub-equal, compressed, 

 strong, cultrated below§. 



* Syama, in Sanskrit, means black -blue. 



f I should rather say, affinities with Harpagus and lerax. Analogies with 

 Cymindis and Pernis. Our bird is, unquestionably, a Falconine type — which 

 Cymindis and Pernis are not. 



X N. B. The numbers refer to the series of specimens and drawings in 

 London. 



§ Unde nomen genericum : the strong and nearly equal talons are sloped 

 from a round back or culmeu to an inferior edge, which is as sharp as a knife, and 



