FALCON. 155 



77— BAUJ EAGLE. 



SIZE uncertain ; bill black ; cere dusky ; irides dark ; head, 

 neck, and under parts white, streaked with fine lines of brown on 

 the top of the head, and sides of the wings ; upper parts of the 

 plumage brown, the feathers margined with paler broAvn ; quills 

 dusky black, and reach half way on the tail, which is crossed with 

 seven narrow dusky bars, one of them near the end ; legs covered 

 with white down as far as the toes, which are yellow ; claws black, 

 hnt not verj' hooked. 



Inhabits India, and called Bauj or Bauze,* at Bengal ; but at 

 Hindustan known by the name of Sundul. — Dr. Buchanan. 



78— ASIATIC EAGLE. 



Falco asiatlcus, Ind. Orn. i. 14. Shaw's Zool. vii. 168. 

 Asiatic Eagle, Gen. Si/n. Sujj. p. 31. 



LENGTH 21 inches; and, at first appearance, not unlike the 

 Buzzard ; bill bluish ; breast cream-colour , dashed down the shafts 

 of the feathers with dusky black ; belly, thighs, and vent white ; 

 quills grey, barred dusky and black on the secondaries; bastard 



* The Goshawk is also known by this name. 

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