Faleo leucoryphus, Gm., Syst. Nat., t. i, p. 259, 1788; Schl. und Susem., Yog. Ear.', taf. 27a,
1889.
Faleo fulviventer, Vieill., N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., t. xxviii, p. 288, 1819.
F a le o macei, Temm., PI. Col. 8, 228, 1824.
Ealiaetus macei, Vigors, Zool. Journ., vbl. i, p. 886, 1824; Gray, Gen. B., vol. i, P- 17, 1845;
Bonap. Consp. Av., t. i, p. 15, 1850 ;- Strickl., Orn. Syn., p. 52, 1855; Gray, Handl. B.,
vol. i, p. 17, 1869; Hume, Stray Feathers, vol. i, p. 159, 1878; id., Nests and Eggs, Ind. B.,
p. 45, 1874; Scully, Stray Feathers, vol. iv, 1876, p. 124.
Aquila macei, Less., Man. d’Om., t. i, p. 84, 1828.
Ealiaeius unicolor, Gray & Hardw., 111. Ind. Zool., pi. xix, 1882; Jerdori, Ihis, 1871, p. 286.
Ealiaeius albipes, Hodgs., Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. v, p. 228, 1836.
Ouncuma albipes, Hodgs., op. cit., vol. vi, p. 867, 1887.
Ealiaeius leucoryphus, Keys. & Bias., Wirb. Eur., p..xxx, 1840; Strickl., Orn. Syn., p. 52, 1855;
Fritzsch., Vog. Eur., tab. 8, figs. 5, 6, 1858 ; Schl., Mus. P.-B. Aquilse, p. 590, 1862; Degl.
& Gerbe, Orn. Eur., Bd. i,p. 45, 1867; Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 17, 1869; Hume, Rough
Notes, pt. ii, p. 242, 1870; id. et Henders., Lahore to Yarkand, p. 173, 1878; Severtzoff,
Turkest. Jevotn., p. 63, 1873; Sharpe, Cat. B., vol. i, p. .808, 1874.
Ichthycetus leucoryphus, Blyth, Ann. and Nat. Hist., vol. xiv, p. 37, 1844.
Ealiaeius lanceatus, Hodgs., in Gray's Zool. Misc., p. 81, 1844.
Pontoaeius macei, Kaup., Isis, 1847, p. 280.
Ouncuma macei, Gray, List Accipitr., B. M., p. 28, 1848.
Pontoaeius leucoryphus, Gray, Gen. B., vol. iii, app. p. 2, 1849.
Aquila deserticola, Eversm., Bull. Soc. Imp. Mosc., t. xxv, p. 545, tab. 8, 1852.
EaliaStus fulvioenter, Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. i, p. 82, 1862.
a. t Banks of the Tapeng, 3rd February 1875.
In my course up the river from Mandalay to Bham6, and from the latter
town to Tsitkaw, this Eagle was frequently observed in pairs generally occupying
the most prominent tree in the landscape, prominent both by its height, leafless-
ness, and by the circumstance of its position. The trees they selected to build
on were usually close to the river-bank, and from their altitude above the surrounding
forest, the birds must have commanded the view of a wide range of
country. Their nests were always on the highest fork either of a leafless Bombax
maldbaricum or on some old and gaunt Dipterocarpus. As Tickell remarks,
this Eagle never makes the slightest attempt to defend its nest, and, when
fired at, it generally soars aloft for a few minutes and again alights, clanging
forth its peculiar and harsh cry.
Genus MilvtjS, Cuvier.
IB. Milvtjs melanotis, Temminck & Schlegel.
Milvus melanotis, Temm. und Scbl., Faun. Japon., Aves, p. 14, pis. v et v B. (? 1845); Swmhoe,
Ibis, 1873, p. 228; Sharpe, Cat. Accip.. Birds, B. M., 1874, p. 324; A. Anderson,
Stray Feathers, vol. iii, 1875, p. 387; Scully, op. cit., vol. iv, 1876, p. '90, et. seq.; Ball,
op. cit., vol. V, 1877, p.. 412; David, Journ. de Voy. en Chine, t. i, 1875, p. 82, et. t. n,
p. 39.'
Milvus niger, var. melanotis, Schrenck, Reise Amurl. Vog., 1860, p. 234.
Milvus niger, Radde, Reise Sibir. Voy., 1863, p. 135, taf. 1, fig. 1.
M ilvu major, Hume, Hough Kotos, 1870, ii, p. 826; Stray Feathers, vol. ii, 1874,, p. 160; Boll,
I. c., p. 881.
Milvus govinda, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1871, p. 841.
a. £ immature, Momien, 7th July 1868.
b. $ juv. Momien, 28rd June 1868.
Both these birds have the white patch very conspicuously developed on the
lower of the wing, and they are, therefore, referred to M. melanotis.
The female has the wing 18-8 inches in length ; the male 19-7.
I shot them in a clump of fir trees, around a ruined monastery, immediately
outside the walls of Momien. Unlike the kite of India and Burma, I observed
that they did not subsist on the refuse of the bazaar, hut hunted for their food
over the grassy hillsides.
Genus . P a n d i o n , Savigny.
14. P a n d i o n h a x i a e t u s , Linn.
FaUo UliaoUo, Linn., Syst. Nat,, t. i, p. ■ ■ N«m., V5* D., Bd i, V. 241 pi. xvi,
1822 ; Werner, Atlas, Rapaces, pi. xix, 1827 ; Scbl. u. Susem. Vog..Eur., taf. 24, 1889.
Falco arundinaceus, Gm., Syst. Nat., t. i, p. 263, 1788.
Falco carolinensis, Gm., I. e., p. 268, 1788.
Falco cayemensis, Gm., I. c., p. 263, 1788.
Aquila americana, Vieill., Ois. Am. Sept., t. i, p. 81, 1807.
Aquila piscatrix, Vieill., I. c., t. i, p. 29, pi. iy> 1807.
Pandion fluvialis, Savigny, Descr. Egypte, Ois., p. 272, 1809.
Aquila halieetus, Meyer, in Meyer und Wolf, Tascbenb., Bd. i, p. 23, 1810.
Accipiter halieetus, Pall., Zoogr. Rosso. Asiat., t. i, p. 355, 1811.
Triorchesfluvialis, Leacb, Syst. Cat. Mamm. &c., B. M., p. 10, 1816.
Aquila balbusardus, Dumont, Diet. Sei. Nat., t. i, p. 851, 1816.
Pandion americanus, Vieill. et Oud. Gal. Ois., pi. xi, 1825.
Balbusardus haliatus, Fleming,Brit. An., p ■ S i i H fl . 51, 1§28. _ . , , i, p. 86 1828; Sw. & E.ck, Faun Bor.-Am. Birds,
n 20 1881; Gould, B. Bur., pi. vii, 1887; Gray, Gen. B., vol. 4 p. 17, pi. vn, %. 6, 1846;
Bonat, Consp., t. i, p. 16, 1860; Strickl., Orn. Syn., p. 63,1866 ; Hartl., Orn. W. Africa, p. 7,
1857^ Sebrenk, Boise Amurl. Zool., p. 227,1859; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. i, p. 80, 1862; Schl., Mus.
p -B ’ Aouita p. 22, 1862 ; Eadde, Eeise Sibir. Ois., p. 97, 1868; Newt., Ooth. Wolley,
n 58 1864 -Degl. & Gerbe, Om. Eur., Bd.i, p. 47, 1867; Layard, B. S. Afr., p. 16, 1867;
jjume, Eougb Notes, pt. i,p. 284, 1869; Gray, Handl. B„ vol. i, P-15,: 1869; Hengl., Om.
N Ost Afr Bd i, p. 64, 1869 ; Gould, B. Gt. Br., pt. vvii, 1870 j Fmseh. und Hartl., Vog.
Ostafr. P. 40, 1870; Newt ed. Yarr., Brit B„ vol. i, p. 80, 1871; Pels., Orn.Brta,, p.4 1871 ;
Swinbi Proe. Zool. Soo., 1871, p. 840; Coues, Key N. Am. B., p. 219, 1872; Holdsw.,
Pme Zool Soo., 1872, p. 412; Salvad., Fann. Ital. tleo., p. 9, 1872; Shelley, B. Egypt,
t) 208 1872; Hume, Stray Feathers, vol. i, 1873, p. 159; op. cit., vol. ii, 1874, p. 468; Schl.,
Mus E-B: Bevue Ancipite., p. 123, 1873; Salvad. et Antin., Ucc. Bogos., .p. 21, 1873 ;
SRttoohlieeszkkaa SSttoraayy FFe a|thgers, v|o|l.H ii, 18 7R4, |p. 4 6^1 ; Sapl vaMd., U1c8o7. 6B, oCm„.u, eps., 7B, .1 N87.1 W; Seshta,i ppe., 3C6a7t,.
1874; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soo., Bengal, vol. iliv, 1875, extra No., p. 68; A. Anderson,
Proc. Zool. Soc., 1876, p. 818 ; David; Journ. de Voy. en Chine, t. ii, 1876, .p. 39.
Pandion alticeps, Brehm, Vög. Deutsch!, p. 88, 1881.
Pandion planieeps, Brehm, I. c., p. 88, 1881.