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Colonel Sykes correctly says of this bird < mostly solitary.' Two or 

 three may however frequently be found hunting together over high 

 rocky and bushy hills. On the Neilgherries I have seen flocks of 

 twenty or thirty of what I conceived to be this species hunting in com- 

 pany over the hills, occasionally reconnoitering some spot where some- 

 thing unusual attracted their attention, and circling over it for some 

 time— and then pursuing their onward course. As I did not procure a 

 specimen, this may be a distinct species, perhaps the allied one « aurU 

 cularis' or social vulture, which is stated in some works to occur in. 

 India. 



Genus NEOPHRON, Sav. 



4. N. Percnopterus, Sw.—Kul-moorgh, H.— Dung bird— Scavenger. — 

 White Vulture. 

 Very common; most numerous in cantonments and large villages, 

 where it is of the greatest utility. As Colonel Sykes remarks, ' they 

 are most efficient scavengers.' 



Family FALCON ID^E. 

 Sub Family AQUILINE.— Eagles. 



Genus PANDION, Sav.— Fi^Eagle, or Fish-Hawk. 



5. P. Hafueelus, Sav.— A. Haliceetus, L.—Mucharera, H.— Osprey. 



This bird appears to have been hitherto unrecorded as Indian, for in 

 Yarrell's ' British Birds' and Sir W. Jardine's later work in the ' Natu- 

 ralist's Library' there is no mention of its occurrence here, though its 

 geographical distribution is particularly recorded. I have seen it on 

 the Trichoor Lake, and near Ponany on the west coast, and a short 

 time ago obtained a specimen as far inland as Jaulnah. My specimens 

 correspond pretty exactly with the description of British ones. The 

 pectoral band was distinct on all— lades bright yellow. 



6. P. lineatus ?—Hal. lineaius, Gray 1—Pand. Indieus, Hodgs. 1 



I several times observed a large Fishing Eagle on the Chilka lake, 

 which at a short distance appeared of an uniform greyish green colour. 



