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Ceylon Ornithology. 



Bill yellow, with blackish tip. Feet yellow. Irides golden. 

 Length 2 feet 1 inch. Wing 1 foot. Found at Trincomalie 

 in company with H. Spilogaster. 



Haliastur Indus. Bodd. Shiva's Fishing Eagle. 



Syn. Falco Indus, Boddaert 



Falco Ponticerianus, Gmelin. 



Haliaetus girrenara, Veillot 



Haliaetus garruda, Lesson. 



Milvus rotundicaudatus, Hodg. (young.) 



Head, neck, and breast white with narrow brown mesial 

 streaks. Back, tail, legs, and under tail and wing coverts 

 bright rufous chesnut. Shafts of dorsal feathers, and upper 

 wing coverts black. Wing rufous, with the exception of the 

 outer quills, which are blackish. Bill pale yellow at the tip. 

 Irides pale yellow. Tarsi and toes pale yellow. Claws black. 

 Length 1 foot 5 inches. Wing 1 foot. 



This handsome Eagle is found with the common Fishing 

 Kite {Milvus Govinda) in all the Maritime provinces, and 

 very abundant at Trincomalie and Jaffna ; as many as twenty 

 or thirty are sometimes seen together. Although fish is their 

 favourite food, they are not unfrequently seen to eat carrion, 

 or even carry away poultry. 



SUB-FAM: FAL CONIDJE. 



Falco Peregrinus, Linn. The Peregrine Falcon. 



Syn. Falco barbarus, Linn. 



Falco communis, Brisson. 

 Falco calidus, Latham. 

 Falco lunulatus, Daudin. 



Upper parts ashy. Head and neck shaded with white ; a 

 black patch under the eye. Beneath white with brown or 

 blackish streaks. Wings ashy/ inner web of quills barred 



