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(222) THE LONG-LEGGED EAGLE. 



(AQUILA HASTATA— {Less.) ) 

 Hindi — Guti-mar-baz. 

 Hab. — More common in Western Bengal than in other parts of 

 India, though both the specimens exhibited in this garden were obtained 

 from North- Western India. 



Length of life in captivity. 



None of them survived more than fifteen months ; this may be 

 attributed to want of suitable habitation. 



(223) THE CRESTED HAWK EAGLE. 

 (SPIZ^ETUS CIEKHATUS— {Gmel.) ) 



Hindi — Shd/ibdz. 

 Hab.— Central and Southern India, extending to Ceylon; the 

 specimen exhibited in the garden came from Orissa. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 From September 1882 to July 1890. 



(224) THE JAPANESE HAWK EAGLE. 



(SPIZ^ETUS OEIEJNTALIS— (Temm.) ) 

 Hab. — Said to have been obtained from Japan. 



(225) THE BLACK-CEESTED EAGLE. 



(LOPHO^ETUS OCCIPITALIS— (Baud.) ) 



Description. — Adult female always chocolate-brown with some of 

 the feathers on the back and wing coverts inclining to paler brown ; head 

 rather darker blackish with a black occipital crest ; base of the crest 

 feathers and a few spots on the outer upper tail coverts white ; tail 

 dark brown, the base white, the others whity brown ; quills dark 

 brown, white at base, banded with paler brown above, whitish below 

 the secondaries more indistinctly, the inner ones quite uniform with the 

 rest of the back; under wing coverts for the most part white, the 

 inner ones and the tips of the greater ones brown ; axiJlaries brown ■ 

 legs white, more or less washed with brownish ; forehead whitish ; bill 

 bluish; black at tip; cere pale yellow, feet light yellow ; claws black • 

 total length 21*3 ; adult male 21 inches. — J. E. Gray. 



Hab. — The whole of Africa. 



