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CATALOGUE. 
56. AQUILA BONELLII, Temm. Sp. 
Ealco Bonellii, Temm,, PI. Col. 288. 
Aquila Bonellii, Bona^., Geog. Comp. List Birds of Eur. 
and N. Amer. p. 2. G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. 
p. 14 ; Oat. B. Brit. Mus. p. 11. Hodgs., Cat. B. 
Nep. p. 40. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 14. 
Tolmaetus Bonellii, Bh/th, Jomn. A. S. B. XY. p. 5 ; 
Cat. B. 3Ius. A. S. Beng. p. 26. 
Aquila intermedia, Bonelli, Mem. de I' Acad. Turin. 
Nisaetus grandis, Hodgs., Journ. A. S. Beng. Y. p. 230 ; 
Beng. Sport. Mag. (1836), p. 34. Jerd., III. Ind. 
Orn. t. 1. 
Nisaetus niveus ? apud Jerd., Madr. Journ. L. 8. X. 
p. 69. 
Large Hawk Eagle, Jerd. 
Mhoetjngah or Mhortjngee, Hind., Jerd. 
Salwa, Teloogoo, Jerd. 
E/AJALEE, Tamool, Jerd. 
a. b. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 
" The Mhorungah is certainly a rare bird in southern India. I 
have only seen it twice, once in Baramahl, seated on the edge of a 
tank in the neighbourhood of a jungly district, and again a pair 
seated on a lofty tree, in a tope in open country in the northern 
part of the Deccan. Mr. Hodgson says the habits of the genus are 
as follows : * Preys on jungle-fowl, partridges, hares, watches from a 
lofty perch, usually pouncing on its game when near it, sometimes 
pursues with energy on the wing.' Mr. Elliot in his ' Notes ' says : 
* Is the noblest of the Indian Eagles, being seldom seen, and then 
generally at a great height in the air, in wild places. It preys on 
tlie hare. I once saw a pair of them hunting in company, which 
nearly surprised a peacock, pouncing on him on the ground.' " — 
(Jerd., Madr. J. L. S. X. p. 669.) " The large Hawk Eagle is dis- 
persed over the whole continent of India from the Himalayas to 
Cape Comorin, but cannot be said to be an abundant species, though 
few districts are not occasionally frequented or visited by them. It 
chiefly affects the more wooded and jungly districts, and especially 
the neighbourhood of hills and mountain-ranges. It is much on 
the wing, saiiiug at a great height, and making its appearance at 
