54 Catalogue of Ceylon Birds. 



tion to generation on condition of performing the Budhist 

 sacrifices. 



"May the kings, ministers, and other persons who come 

 into this world hereafter, without disturbing or encroaching 

 endeavour to obtain glory and nirwane by increasing the 

 offerings more and more. 



"Should any one dispossess ( the priests ) of grass, timber, 

 flowers or fruit, he will be born a great Preta." ( 3 ) 



Catalogue of Ceylon Birds. — By E. F. Kelaart, M.D. Edin., 

 F.L.S., F.G.S., &c. ; and Edgar L. Layard, Esq., 

 C.M.E. S., &c. 



Order. Accipitres. 



sub-order. accipitres diurni. 

 fam : falconidje. 



a. AQUILINE. 



Aquila Bonelli, Temm. The Genoese Eagle. 



Aquila pennata, Gmel. The Pennated Eagle. 



Spizaetus Nipalensis, Blyfh. The Beautiful Crested Eagle. 



Spizaetus limnaetus, Horsf. The Crested Eagle. 



Ictinaetus Malaiensis, Temm. The Black Eagle. 



Hsematornis Cheela, Latham. The Cheela Eagle. 



Haematornis spilogaster, Blyth. The Ceylon Eagle. 



Pontoaetus leucogaster, Gmel. White-bellied Sea Eagle. 

 Pontoaetus Icthyaetus. 



Haliastur Indus, Bodd. Shiva's Kite. 



b. FALCONING. 



Falco Peregrinus, Linn. The Peregrine Falcon. 



Tinnunculus alaudarius, Briss. The Kestrel Falcon. 

 Hypotriorchis chicquera, Shaw. The rufous -headed Falcon. 



c. milvin^e. 



Baza lophotes, Temm. The Cohy Falcon. 



Milvus Govinda, Syhes. The Cheela or Govinda Kite. 



Elanus melanopterus, Baud. The Black Winged Falcon. 



(3) A wandering mischievous demon. 



