52 INDIAN TERTIARY AND POST-TERTIARY VERTEBRATA. 
bird from a bed low down in the Cathedral cave, which is figured in the accompanying 
woodcut, may be referred either to Milous , 
Circus , or one of the allied genera. The 
fossil specimen agrees very closely in size 
with the corresponding bone of a skeleton 
of the widely distributed Circus cyaneus 
Fig. 5. (?) Milvus or Circus, sp. The distal half of the left tarso- (Lillll.) preserved in the M/USeum of the 
metatarsus, from the anterior (A) and posterior (B) aspects ; Hoval College of SurtTCOllS. 
from tho Cathedral cave. Ind. Mus. (No. F. 310). J ° 6 
Ketupa ceylonensis (Gmelin). 
Limb-hones. — This species is represented by a right femur 1 (No. F. 313a) and 
the distal half of the right tibio-tarsus 
from bed Ca in the Cathedral, as well as 
by the distal portion of the right tarso- 
metatarsus from bed Cb , and the third 
phalangeal of the third digit of the pes 
from bed Ca in the same cave ; the three 
last-named bones being figured from the 
anterior aspect in the accompanying wood- 
cut (fig. 6 a, b, d). These specimens agree 
exactly with the corresponding bones of 
the existing bird. As characteristic features 
in the tibio-tarsus of Ketupa and allied 
genera may be mentioned the absence at 
the distal extremity of the anterior surface 
of a bridge of bone over the extensor tendons, and the presence of a tubercle on 
the inner border for muscular attachment. 
Fig. 6. A.B.D. Ketupa ceylonensis. The distal half of 
the right tibio-tarsus (A), of the right tarso -metatarsus 
(B), and the 3rd phalangeal of the 3rd digit of the pes 
(D). C. Bubo coromandus. The 2nd phalangeal of the 3rd 
digit of the pes. All the specimens are from the 
Cathedral cave. 
Bubo coromandus (Latham). 
Syn. Urrua coromanda , Auct. 
Phalangeal. — The second phalangeal of the third digit of the pes of a very 
large owl from bed Cc in the Cathedral represented in woodcut fig. 6c, agrees, as 
far as can be determined from comparison with a dried specimen, with the corres- 
ponding bone of Bubo coromandus , which now inhabits the Carnatic, lower Bengal, 
and the outer Himalaya. 
Francolinus pictus (Jardine and Selby). 
Tarso-metatarsus. — Evidence of the existence of the painted francolin, which 
replaces the black francolin [F. vulgaris) in central and parts of southern India, is 
l The collection also contains a perfect right tibia (No. F. 311) marked as from bed Ca in the Cathedral, which, however, 
appears to be recent. 
