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Mr. E. Blyth on the Birds of India. 
bellicosus (?), Daudin. F. armiger (?), Shaw. Aquila intermedia , 
Bonelli. Aq. bifasciata, Vieillot, Enc. Method, p. 1192 (teste 
G. B. Gray). Nisaetus grandis, Hodgson, J. A. S. v. p. 230. 
N. niveus, Jerdon, Catal. Genoese Eagle , Latham. 
Hab. S. of Europe and Asia; N. (and S. ?) Africa: in India 
and Ceylon, confined chiefly to the hilly parts, where it is far 
from rare. 
Genus Aquila, Meyer. 
56. Aq. chrysaetos. (PI. Enl. 409, 410; Gould's B. E. 
pi. 6.) 
Syn. Falco chrysaetos , F. fulvus , F. melanaetos , et F. cana¬ 
densis * * * § , L. F. niger et F. americanus , Gmelin. F. melanonotus, 
Latham. F.regalis , Tei^ninck, Man. d'Orn. (1815) p. 10 (nec 
PI. Col. 495, teste G. B. Gray). Aq. nobilis , Pallas. Aq. regia, 
Lesson. Aq. melanaetos, Brehm. Aq. daphcenia, Hodgson. 
Hab . Mountainous regions of the northern temperate zone, 
including the Himalaya; but not N.E. Africa, according to 
Biippell. 
57. Aq. imperialis. (Sav. Descr. de PEgypte, i. t. 12; 
Gould's B. E. pi. 5.) 
Syn. Falco imperialis, Temminck. F. mogilnik, Gmelin. F. 
ferox et Brown-bached Eagle , Latham. Aq. heliaca , Savigny. 
Aq. bifasciata, J. E. Grayf. Aq. nipalensis, Hodgson, As. Bes. 
xviii. pt. 2. p. 13. pi. 1. Aq. chrysaetos , Jerdon, Catal. 
Hab. Hill regions of S.E. Europe and AsiaJ. 
58. Aq. fulvescens, Gray (Hardw. Ill. Ind. Zool. ii. pi. 29). 
Syn. Falco obsoletus , Lichtenstein. Aq. fusca et Aq. punctata, 
Gray, ibid. Aq. vindhiana , Eranklin§. 
Hab. Plains of India: abundant. 
* Aq. canadensis is recognized as distinct by the Americans {vide Proc. 
Acad. Philad. 1859, p. 185). 
t Vide A. L. Adams in P. Z. S. 1858, p. 470. 
X “Extremely numerous in the Punjab, preying, with Vultures, on 
carrion, and very numerous about the battle-fields ” (L. C. Stewart). 
§ Distinct from A. noevioides of Africa, which is larger and more power¬ 
ful {vide J. A. S. xxiv. p. 253). 
