■636 JOVBNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXII. 



of Hazara, Captain Unwin found a nest and seciu'ed a 

 young one thence, along with the female bird, which 

 he sent to me. He says : ' The nest was placed on 

 a Deodar tree overhanging a steep precipice. It was 

 about 25 ft. high from the ground, and Avas composed 

 of a vast number of sticks and branches, collected from 

 the neighbomung Pine trees. These were piled up 

 against the trunk of the tree to a height of about 6 feet, 

 and formed a platform of almost 3 ft. in width ; it was 

 lined or littered with dry grass and roots. Some 

 Goojars, who live near the steep ravine, where we found 

 the nest stated that this pair of Eagles had bred, in 

 this same nest, for the past thi'ee years, and that they 

 occasionally carried off lambs and kids from their 

 huts.' " 



In Kulu and Gungotrie I have heard the Golden 

 Eagle called " Mariari " and east of Simla, in Bushahr, 

 it is known as " Dhungshoorish" which means the 

 " monal tiger " or monal killer. 



Type D. 



Family FALCONIB.®. 



Sub -FAMILY FALCONIN.^. 



Genus Aquila. 

 :No. 1201, Aquila heliaca. The Imperial Eagle. 



•Characteristics. 



■Colouration. 



Size very large ; nostril eliptical, higher than broad ; 

 tarsus under 4" (3-4 to 3-8); hind claw without toe, 

 round curve, 2" or under. 



Head and neck varying from tawny buff to almost 

 pure white in certain specimens. Dark streaks to 

 feathers of forehead and back of the head. The 

 feathers on the neck generally black shafted. 



With the exception of the above and the wing coverts 

 near the bend of the wing, upper and lower tail coverts, 

 and the tip of the tail feathers; which vary from buff 

 to a whity brown, the whole bird is a deep blackish 

 broAvn throughout, highly glossed. The basal portion 

 of the tail mottled, forming a sort of irregular grey- 

 brown band across the tail. There are generally a few 

 pure white, or white with irregular dots of black or 

 dark brown, feathers on the back and scapulars, 

 indiscriminately scattered about. 



The young or lineated plumage of the Imperial Eagle 

 is very different, being : — 



Head and nape brown, the feathers with paler edges. 

 The upper back, wing coverts and scapulars are a 

 darker brown, M-ith pale centres, tips or edges. The 

 lower portion of the back is a very light brown or buff, 

 and the upper tail coverts are white with a slight tinge 

 of reddish. 



Tail light bro^Vn with fulvous tips, mottled towards 

 the base, forming paler bars. The primary quills are 



