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236a. PoHoaeius humilis plumbeus [ex. Hodg. Himalaycis, 



nom. nud.] Jerdon, Ibis, 1871, p. 336. from Kashmir 



[N.W. Himalayas.'] to Assam ; 



Plumbeous Fishing Eagle. Upper Burma. 



Larger ; wing cj 420 mm. ; tail entirely 

 brown above, with narrow white tips. 



Gen. LXVII. GYPOHIERAX Riipp. (1855). 

 Type by orig. desig. Falco angolensis Gmel. 



Space above and around eye bare, as weU as a line 

 on either, side of throat ; front of tarsus reticu- 

 lated ; claws with a groove below as in Halieeetus ; 

 head shghtly crested ; size moderate (length (J 23 in.) 



237. Gypohierax angolensis (Gmel.), S.N., i., 

 p. 252 (1788). [Angola.] 

 Angola Vulture. 



Wing S 435 mm. ; general plumage white ; 

 scapulars and secondaries black ; primaries 

 white with the tips black and outer webs 

 mottled with black ; tail black with broad 

 terminal band of white ; bare skin of face 

 and feet flesh colour ; cere bluish grey. 



Tropical 

 W. Africa, 

 Angola to 

 Senegambia ; 

 E. Africa. 



Gen. LXVIII. HALIASTUR Selby (1840). 

 Type by subs, desig. (Gray 1841) Falco indus Bodd. 



Nostrils circular, with bony margin all round ; 

 presents affinities both with Aquilince and Mil- 

 vincs ; size moderate (length ad. 20-22 m.). 



t*238. Haliastur indus indus (Bodd.), Tabl. PI. 

 Enlum., p. 25 (1783). [ex. Buit—Pondi- 

 cherry.] 

 Brahminy Kite. 



Indian 

 Peninsula, 

 Ceylon, 



Burmese Provs., 

 Siam ; S. China. 



