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Mr. McClellarid's Catalogue 



Order VIII. EDENTATA. 

 Genus Manis, Linn. 

 19. Manis brachyura, Erxl. 



" This animal has fifteen rows of scales, extending longitudinally 

 over the body ; those on the back are longest, and are rounded pos- 

 teriorly, but they are narrow below, and carinose ; while on the back 

 they are simply striated at the base. Bristly hairs pass out between 

 the scales. 



" Lower parts of the head, the throat, and a line extending along 

 the lower portion of the body to the tail, and the inner sides of the 

 legs, without scales, but covered with a scanty coarse white hair." — 

 McClelland 's MS. 



AVES. 



Order I. RAPTORES. 

 Fam. Falconid^e. Sub-Fam. Aquiline. 

 Genus Haliaettjs, Sav. 



1. Hal. Macei. Falco Macei, Temm. PI. Col. PI. 8. 



" A Fisher Eagle. Throat and nape yellowish-white, covered with 

 long pointed feathers ; crown and base of the neck grayish-yellow 

 (feathers of the latter obtusely pointed), all other parts of the bird 

 brown, except a broad band across the tail, which is white. The 

 tarsi are naked two-thirds of their length: wings long, extending 

 nearly to the extremity of the tail : length thirty-three inches. 



" This eagle preys on fish, and is particularly active during a 

 storm, when it is found soaring over the lee-shore, descending on 

 such fishes as are driven into shallow water. During fine weather 

 it spends the principal portion of its time on some high solitary bank, 

 (juite motionless." — McClelland 's MS. 



2. Hal. Pondicerianus. Aquila Ponticeriana, Briss. PI. enlum. 

 4-16. Falco Pondicerianus, Gmel. Linn. I. 265. Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 

 p. 23. 



Genus Spizaetus, Vieill. 



3. Spiz. rufitinctus. Supra fuscus capite saturatiore, notteo 

 nebulis dilutionbus vario ; caudd fusco et cinerescente late fas- 

 ciatd; subtiis albofuscoque varius, collo pectoreque vittatis, ab- 

 domine femoribusque fasciatis ; tarsi ultra medium plumosi. 



" Upper part of the body dark brown, with slight undulations of 

 a deeper tint: breast and throat longitudinally striped with brown : 

 belly and under surface of the wings white, transversely barred with 

 brown : tarsi feathered to the lower third, each feather marked with 

 five transverse bars : tarsi shielded : the beak short, much hooked, 

 and sharp : claws and toes strong and formidable. 



" It inhabits the banks of the Burhampooter and other rivers in 

 Assam, where it conceals itself in bushes and grass, along the verge 

 of the water, seizing such fishes as approach the surface within its 

 reach. 'Wife Clelland's MS. 



