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DESCRIPTION OF BIRDS OF CEYLON, 

 By E. F. Kelaart, M. D. 



Order, Accipitres. 

 sub-order. accipitres d1urni. 



Diurnal Birds of Prey. 

 F AM : FALCONIDiE. 



a. AQUILIBLffi. 



Aquila Bonellii, Te?nm. The Genoese Eagle, 



Syn. Aquila intermedia, Bonelli. 

 Aquila fascia ta, Vieill. 

 Msaetus grandis, Hodgson* 



Uniform dark brown above, white beneath with dark brown 

 longitudinal streaks on the chin, throat and breast ; upper 

 part of inner web of primaries streaked and spotted with 

 white. Tail slaty blue with darker transversal bands, tip 

 palish; under tail coverts white, irregularly barred with 

 rufous brown. Thighs barred with rufous brown. Bill horn 

 colour, cere yellow, tarsi yellow, claws black. 



The only specimen of this Eagle examined is one found by 

 Dr. Templeton, it measured 2 feet 3 inches ; closed winged, 

 1 foot 6 inches. Habitat not known. 



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Aquila Pen n at a, Gmel The Pennated Eagle. 



Syn. Aquila minuta, Brehm. 



Spizaetus miivoides, Jerdon. 



Head and neck light rufous brown with dark medial streaks. 

 Back, wings, and upper surface of tail dark brown. Under 

 parts white, breast and lower part of neck streaked with 

 rufous brown; shafts of feathers of a darker shade. Under 

 wing coverts white, shafts brown, a few brown spots on the 



