A MOUNTED SPECIMEN OF THE MONKEY-EATING 
EAGLE (PITHECOPHAGA JEFFERYI) OF 
THE PHILIPPINES 
By R. W. SHUFELDT 
Washington, D. C. 
ONE PLATE 
Being engaged at the present time upon a brief life history of 
the gannets (Sulideze) I communicated with Mr. J. H. Gurney, the 
author of the splendid volume on those birds, to ascertain whether 
he could furnish me with a few facts in regard to them 
that may not have appeared in his book. To my great delight 
the request brought me far more than I anticipated, as my readers 
will appreciate later. With the material Mr. Gurney was so good 
as to send me, he generously inclosed a fine photograph of the 
monkey-eating eagle of the Philippines, Pithecophaga jefferyi 
Grant. This picture is of the mounted specimen that forms a 
part of the series of the birds of prey in the Norwich Museum, 
at Norwich, England, of which institution Mr. Gurney is director. 
Some time ago I published a full account of the skeleton of 
this species,» so it is with exceptional pleasure that I am 
enabled to offer here such an excellent figure of the bird as the 
Norwich Museum specimen furnishes. Comparatively few 
among us have seen specimens of this species, and still fewer 
have enjoyed studying this giant among the eagles in nature; 
so I feel pretty sure that the illustration here reproduced will 
be appreciated. 
This eagle is a rather light-colored species; its bill is black 
and its feet are.a medium shade of chrome or pale orange, vary- 
ing to yellow in some specimens. Its plumage is white, cream, 
pale tan, and different browns; the irides golden yellow. 
McGregor has published some interesting notes on occas 
of this remarkable eagle.” 
* Philip. Journ. Sci. 15 (1919) 31-55. 
? Philip. Journ. Sci. § D 13 (1918) 14; 19 (1921) 696. 
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