. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 55. HALIASTUR. 313. Bill oiMaliastur Indus. Range. Indian peninsula and Ceylon ; Indo- and Austro-Malayan subregions ; Australia and New Caledonia. Key to the Species. a. Tail maroon, with broad whitish tip; head and '°Rf T^'*vf fl'V- V »«^«*, P- 313. a. iilack shalt-stnpes on head and neck very distinct, a. indm, p. 313. b'. Black shaft-stripes narrow and indistinct. /3. intennedius, p. 314. c'. No black shaft-stripes, y. rjirrenera, p. 31-5. 6. Tail unifoi-m ashy brown; head and neck sandy- coloured, with fulvous streaks sphenurm, p. 316. 1
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 55. HALIASTUR. 313. Bill oiMaliastur Indus. Range. Indian peninsula and Ceylon ; Indo- and Austro-Malayan subregions ; Australia and New Caledonia. Key to the Species. a. Tail maroon, with broad whitish tip; head and '°Rf T^'*vf fl'V- V »«^«*, P- 313. a. iilack shalt-stnpes on head and neck very distinct, a. indm, p. 313. b'. Black shaft-stripes narrow and indistinct. /3. intennedius, p. 314. c'. No black shaft-stripes, y. rjirrenera, p. 31-5. 6. Tail unifoi-m ashy brown; head and neck sandy- coloured, with fulvous streaks sphenurm, p. 316. 1. Haliastur Indus. L'Aigle de Pondichery, Briss. Om. i. p. 450, pi. xxxv. (1760). Agile des Grandes Indes, Huff. PI. Enl. i. pi. 416 (1770) Falco Indus, Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. 25 (1783). Falco pondicerianus, Gm. S. K. i. p. 265 (1788). Habaetus pondicerianus, Cuv. Regne An. i. p. 316 (1817) Hahaetus garuda. Less. Traite, p.'44 (1831). Milvus pondicerianus, Jerd. Madr. Joinn. x p 72 (1839) Haliastur pondecerianus, Selby, Cat. Gmi. ^- Subg. Types 'v. 3 (1840) Dentiger pondicerianus, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. ,. 81 (1844) Milvus.'' rotundicauda, Hodgs. id supra, p. 81 (1844) Haliastur Indus f^yGS-^- P^18 (1845); Blyk, Cat. B. A. ^. H. p. .Jl (1849); .Strickl. Om. Si/n. p. 73 (18o5)- Jerd ff Ind. 1 p 101 (1862); Gray, Hand-l. i i.^p. 18 (Sj ; S»f" Rmigh Notes n. p. 316 (1870); Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872 p 414- Hume, Str. F. p. 160 (1873). ' P" ' Ictiuaetus Indus, Eaup, Arch. f. Naturg. xvi. p. 39 (1850) Haliastur ponticerianus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 15 (1850). Ictinoaetus pondicei-ianus, Kaup, Contr. Om. 1850, p 73 ""t^^ii'o a87^"^- '^â¢â ^- '"'1^^^"' p-'' ^''''^'' ''â ^- Adult. Head and neck aU round, throat, and entire breast white with very distinct black shaft-stripes ; rest of the plumage maroon chestnut, paler on the secondaries and tail, especially on the latter where it fades off into fulvous white at the tip, the black shaft- s
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