07 



18o. 



IS.-)... 



bars ; younger birds less spotted than those 



of .4. daiuja antl tail unbarred : nape ]iatcli 



ochraceous rufous. 



Aquila pomarina Brehni, Vog. Deutschl., 



]). 27 (1831). [Pomemnia.] 



Lesser Spotted Eagle. 



Sexes nearly similar in size ; wing $ 19.50, <) 

 11). loin ; bill more feeble, tarsi more slender ; 

 wings generally exceeding tail in length ; 

 least Aving-co verts with siuall spots of Avliite 

 in immature birds. 



Aquila ponKirliia hdslald (i.,ess.), \'(.)g. iielang. 

 Zool., p.217(1834). [Bengali 

 Long-legged Eagle. 



C. Europe 

 from X. Ger 

 many to 

 Be.ssarabia ; 

 eas. W. 

 lun'o})e : iu 

 winter to 

 N.E. Africa. 



Indian 

 Peninsula 

 Burmese 

 countries. 



Cen. XLX'ir. HIERAAETL'S Kauj) (1844) 



General characters of Aquila. but bill more sleiuL'r : 

 tarsi feathered to the toe?. 



Jjcngth 2 26. wing 21 in. ; wing 3 19. f) in. : 

 above deep brown, feathers mostly with 

 ])aler margins and white bases : tail ashy, with 

 broad sub-terminal dark brown band, and o 

 or 6 indistinct bars ; below white, Avith black- 

 ish-brown shaft stripes, the flanks and legs 

 buftish. barred with black. 

 18(). liieraaetus fasciatus fasciatas (Vieill.). Mem. 

 Soc. Linn. Paris, ii.. pt. 2, p. 152 (1822). 

 [MontpellierA 

 Bonelli's Eagle. 



[Smaller ])ut doubtful form.] 

 ISfia.. Hieraaelns fasciafus minor Erlauger. 

 1904, p. 187, taf.x., fig. 42. 



J.f.O.. 



S. Eurf)pe (S. 

 France and 

 Spain to S. 

 Russia), 

 Asia Minor, 

 Turkestan, 

 Palestine, 

 India, China, 

 X. Africa. 



S. Arabia ; E. 

 Africa 



(Somalilaud, 

 ^lozambique). 



