BIRDS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ASIA, 



Subfam. BUTEONINiE. 

 Genus ARUHIBUTEO, Brehn,. 

 A. hemiptilopus, Blyth. (•!. A. S., XV. 1). 



Stn, a. cryptogfnys, Hodgson, C'alc. Jouru> 

 hist. Vlil. 96. 



Nat. 



Inhabits 

 hills. In 



rare and to 

 The loftier 



Inhabits libet ; Sikim ? Darjiling 



Genus BUTEO, Cuvier. 



B. rufinus. 



Stn. Falco rufimis, Riippell. 

 B. canescens, Hougsun. 

 B. longipes, Jerdoii. 

 Circus pectoralis (H;, Vieillot. 

 Nasal Falcon, Latham. 



ChuJia mar (' Rat-killer'), Hind. 

 • India generally ; plains and lower 

 Lower Bengal,' found only above the tideway 

 of the river : also N. Africa. 



B. vulgaris, Bechstein (Jerdou's III. Ind. 

 Orn. pi. 27 ). 



Stn. Falco bnteo, Lin. 



F. glaueopis, Merrem. 



F. variegatus. Versicolor, cinereus, et obsoletus, 

 Gmelin. 



B. mutans et fasciatus, Vieillot. 

 B. albus, Daudin. 

 B. communis, Cuvier. 

 B. bwainsoni, Pr. Bonap. 

 B. montanus, Nuttall. 

 B. rufiventer, Jerdon. 



Inhabits northern hemisphere ; 

 the northward only in America, 

 hills, only, in India. 



B. pyqmceiis, Blyth (J. A. S. XIV. 177). 



Inhabits Tenasserim provinces. 



Subfam. HALIAETIN^. 



Genus PANDION, Savigny. 



F. haliaetus. 



Syn. Falco haliaetus, L. 



P. fluviatilis, Savigny. 

 P. indicus, Hodssoii. 

 Bengal Osprey, Latham. 



Match-morol, and Bulla, B. : M/icherera, 

 H. (Jerdon) ; also Match-manga, H- : Wonlet, 

 Arracan. It is of general distribution ; the 

 Australian race {P. leucoceplialus, Gould,) alone 

 slightly differing. Common throughout India, 

 in all suitable localities. 



Qenus PONTOAETUS, Kaup. 

 P. icthyoetus. 



Syn. Falco icthyaetus, Horsfield. 



Icthyaetus bicolor, G. R. Gray. 



1. plnmbeus, Hodgson, J. A. S. VL, 367. 



MatfJi-morol (' Fish-tyrant'), Beng. : MadJiu- 

 ya. H. (B. H;im) -. Jokomaru, Java. Inhabits' 

 India and Malay countries : common in Lower 

 Bengal. 



P. nanus. 



STN. Icthyaetus nanus, Blyth, J, 

 XII. 304, 



A. S. XI, 202, and 



Inhabits Malayan peninsula. 



Gemis BLAGRU8, Blyth. 



Bl. Imcogaster. 



STW. Falco leucogaster, Gmelin. 

 F. blagrus (?), Daudin, 

 F. dimidintus. Ruffles. 

 1\ albicilla, var. ; Latham, 



Icthyaetus cultrunguis, Blyth, J, A. S. XT 110, 



the serai-aduit. 

 Haliaetus sphenurus, Gould, young. 



S'tmpamar Eagle, the semi-adult ; and Ma- 

 rilime Eagle, the adult, Latham. T'hampa-mar 

 (' snake- kdler'), Orissa ; Eohasa, H. : Lang- 

 laut, ^\iva. Inhabits India ; Africa (?) ; the 

 Malay countries ; Australia, and the vicinity of 

 Calcutta. 



Genus HALIAETUS, Savigny. 

 H. Macei. 



Syw. Falco Macei, Tonminck. 



H. albicilltt apud Vigors and Horsfield, 

 H. ossifragus (?) apud Kaffles. 

 H. fulvigaster, Vieillot. 

 H, albipee, Hodgson. 



H. lineatus, (the young), and H. unicolor, (the 

 semi-adult), Gray (Hardw, III, Ind. Zool.) 



Mutcliar any ,Mutcli-manggar,Kor6l,GX MatcJi- 

 korot (' Fish-Eagle'), and Bala, B. : Kokna, or 

 Oogoos (Tickell) ; Lang-laut^ Sum. Inhabits 

 Northern India generally : abundant in Lower 

 Bengal, and the vicinity of Calcutta^ 



Genus HALIASTUR, Selby. 



H. Indus. 



Stn. Falco Indus, Boddaert. 



F. pondicerianus, Gmelin. 



JVlilvus rotundicaudatus, Hodgson (young.) 



SanJcar Chil (' Shiva's kite'), DJiohia Cliil, 

 (' Washerman's kite'), and Ru-maharik, 

 ('Lucky-faced,' i. e. propitious). Hind. Kheman- 

 kari, Sanskrit. Rtiita Ookah, Sind. (Burnes), 

 also Pilyo : Tswon-goung yhyoo, Arracan : lang- 

 bondol, Sumatra : Ulang, Java. Inhabits India 

 and Malay countries : extremely common. 



Genus MILVUS, Cuvier. 

 M. ater. 



Stn. Falco ater et F. austriacus, Gmelin. 

 M. govinda, Sykes. 

 M. aetoleus. Lesson. 

 M. afiinis, iP), Gould. 



CJiil (from the voice), or Pariah Chil, H, 

 Tswon bop, Arracan. Inhabits India ; Malayan 

 peninsula (Penang) ; Australia? Kare in the 

 eastern parts of Europe. An abundant summer 

 visitant in Afghanistan. 



Fam. VULTURIDiE. 

 Subfam. VULTURIN^. 

 Gejius VULTUR, L. 



Gidh, (Hiad). Shukuni, Beng. Qid Oerrti, 

 Tickell. 



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