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Eapaces — Diurnse. 



FALCONID^E. 



Genus Falco. ( ' Linnceus.) 



Sub-genus Elanus. ( Samgny.J 



Sub-generic Characters. — Beak short, strongly bent from its 

 origin with a very hooked tip; cere very hairy; feet short; 

 tarsi partly feathered; toes divided. Wings long; the first 

 and second quill feathers nearly equal, second longest of all. 

 Tail more or less forked. — Temminck. 



BLACK- WINGED KITE. 



Falco melanopterus. 



Falco melanopterus, Latham. Daudin. 



" " Temminck. Schinz. 



" vociferus et sonninensis, Latham. 



Flanus melanopterus, Leach. Kaup. Gbay. 



" " Schlegel. Gould. 



" " C. BoNAPABTE. DeGLAND. 



" ccesius, Savigny. 



Elctnoides ccesius, Vieillot. 



" Le Blac, Le Vaillant. 



Falken Milan, Or the Germans. 

 Kvpasee or Kaposi, Chanwa, and 



Chanwa Musaher, Hindustani. 



Specific Characters. — Tail not long, nearly square; upper two 



