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' Mr. Sharpe applies to this Eagle the specific name of " jnacidafa" ; in my Notes I 

 used that of " rufonuchalis" ; but Mr. Dresser's subsequent investigations, as detailed in 

 his work on the ' Birds of Europe,' appear to me to prove that the correct specific 

 name is " pomarina." 



^ The late Mr. A. Anderson wrote thus to me in June 1877 : — "I think you will find 

 that a constant pecuUarity in A. hastata is the buff wing-lining, especially at the carpal 

 joint, in all stages of plumage ; every A. hastata (some thirty at least) that I have seen 

 is buff under the wings." 



^ There figured under tlie specific name " desmursi." 



* The specimen referred to in these Notes laid two eggs, in addition to those there 

 mentioned, one on ^Oth February, tlie other on 3rd March LSda. 

 • ^ Here described under the name uf '' Aquita fucosa." 



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