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Dark brown, with a rufescent shade, edge of feathers pale. 

 Beneath with darker mesial streaks. Tail slightly forked, 

 indistinctly barred blackish. Bill black. Tarsi and toes 

 yellow. Claws black. 



Length 1 foot 10 inches. Wing 1 foot 4 inches. 



This Kite is very common in all the Maritime provinces. 

 I have not seen it on the hills. It feeds chiefly on fish, and 

 the fishermen with difficulty keep these rapacious birds from 

 stealing fish from their nets. As the fishing boats draw near 

 the shore, hundreds of these Kites are sometimes seen to 

 hover around and manage to get a good feed, with very little 

 exertion on their part, in spite of all the resistance the indus- 

 trious fishermen can offer. 



Baza Lophotes, Temm. The Cohy Falcon. 



Syn. Baza syama, Hogdson. 

 Falco lophotes, Temm. 

 Lophotes Indicus, Lesson. 



Head black with a crest composed of a few long black 

 feathers. Chin and neck black. Breast rufous, white barred. 

 Abdomen and vent black. The whole of the upper parts 

 black. Wing black with a greenish shade; scapularies 

 rufous and partly white and black. Bill greenish yellow. 

 Tarsi and toes greenish. 



Length 12 J inches. Wing 9 inches. 



The only specimen I have seen of this small black crested 

 Falcon was a preserved one in Mr. Layard's collection, which 

 he shot, I believe, in the Wanny district. 



SUB-FAM : ACCIPITRINJE. 



Astur Trivirgatus, Temm. The Indian Goshawk. 



Syn. Astur cristatus, G. R. Gray. 

 Astur Indicus, Hodgson. 

 Astur palumbarius, Jerdon. 

 Spizaetus rufistinctus, Mc Clell. 



