ACCIPITRES. 
FALC0N1M. 
AQUILINA). 
Genus NEOPUS. 
Bill longer than in j Lophotriorchis, more suddenly hooked at the tip, the festoon less pro- 
nounced ; cere large, the nostrils oval and partially covered by the loral bristles. Wings very 
long and exceeding the tail when closed ; the terminal portions of the longer primaries very 
concave beneath ; 4th, 5th, and 6th quills subequal and longest. Tarsus slender, feathered to the 
toes, which are short, the inner nearly as long as the middle, the outer very short. Claws slightly 
curved ; the inner claw very long, exceeding the hind ; outer claw very short, not reaching to the 
tip of the middle toe. 
NEOPUS MALAYENSIS. 
(THE BLACK KITE-EAGLE.) 
Falco malayensis, Temm. PL Col. i. pi. 117 (1824). 
Aquila malayensis, Yig. Zool. Journ. i. p. 837 (1824); Schlegel, Vog. Nederl. Ind., Valkv. 
pp. 8, 49, pi. 3. figs. 1, 2 (1866). 
Aquila malayana, Less. Traite, p. 39 (1831). 
Ictinaetus malayensis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 7 (1846) ; Kelaart’s Prodromus, Cat. p. 114 ; 
Layard, Ann. & Mag. N. IT. 1853, xii. p. 99. 
Neopus malayensis, Jerd. B. of Ind. i. p. 65 (1862); Hume, Rough Notes, i. p. 187 ; Wald. 
Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 34; Holdsworth, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 411; Legge, Ibis, 1874, p. 8; 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds, i. p. 257 ; Bourdillon,- Str. Feath. 1876, p. 355. 
Heteropus malayensis, Hume, Nests and Eggs, i. p. 32. 
The Black Eagle, Kite-Eagle, in India. 
Heugong, Bhot. ; Adavi nalla gedda, Tel., lit. “Jungle Black Kite” ( apud Jerdon). 
Kalu-Rajaliya, lit. “ Black Eagle,” Sinhalese. 
Adult male. Length to front .of cere 25-0 to 27’2 inches ; culmen from cere 1*35 ; wing 206 to 21-75, expanse 63 - 0 
to 64-0 ; tail 12'2 to 13 - 5 ; tarsus 3-2; mid toe 1-6 to 1-7, its claw (straight) IT to 1*2 ; inner claw (straight) 1*6, 
hind claw (straight) 1-45 ; height of bill at cere 0-55. 
Adult female. Length to front of cere 28'0 to 29-5 inches ; culmen from cere 1-37 ; wing 23-0 to 25-0, expanse 75' 0 ; 
tail 13’5 to 14-5 ; tarsus 3 - 5 to 3'8 ; inner claw (straight) 1'7 to 1-9 ; height of bill at cere 0-6. Weight 3| lb. 
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