Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon

by Sir James Emerson Tennent

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Itinerarius FRATRIS ODORICI, de Foro Julii de Portu-vahonis, &c.—HAKLUYT, vol. ii. p. 39.

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Spizaëtuslimnaëtus, Horsf. The race of these birds in the Deccan and Ceylon are rather more crested, originating the Sp. Cristatellus, Auct.

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Which Gould believes to be the Hæmatornis Bacha, Daud.

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Pontoaëtus leucogaster, Gmel.

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Haliastur Indus, Bodd.

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E.L. Layard. Europeans have given this bird the name of the "Brahminy Kite," probably from observing the superstitious feeling of the natives regarding it, who believe that when two armies are about to engage, its appearance prognosticates victory to the party over whom it hovers.

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Falco peregrinus, Linn.

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Tinnunculus alaudarius, Briss.

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Astur trivirgatus, Temm.

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Milvus govinda, Sykes. Dr. Hamilton Buchanan remarks that when gorged this bird delights to sit on the entablature of buildings, exposing its back to the hottest rays of the sun, placing its breast against the wall, and stretching out its wings exactly as the Egyptian Hawk is represented on the monuments.