244 FALCONIDiE. 



Aquila fulvescens, id. op. cit. ii. pi. 29 (1833) ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 60 

 (1862) ; Gray, Hmid-l. B. i. p. 10 (1869) ; Hume, Moiajh Nutes, i. 

 p. 173 (1869) ; id. Str. F. i. p. 158 (1873). 



Aquila naevia, Blyth, Ann. N. H. xiii. p. 114 (1844). 



Young. Above glossy purplish brown ■with distinct fulvous tips 

 to the feathers, broader on lower back, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts ; head and neck all round, as well as entire uuderparts 

 greyish mouse-colour, with distinct points to all the feathers of the 

 head and neck, particularly thick on the latter, absent on the under 

 surface, excepting a few faint remains on the tips of the abdominal 

 and lower throat-feathers ; lores and chin whitish, with narrow 

 blackish shaft-lines, the latter also apparent on the cheeks and ear- 

 coverts, which are mouse-grey, like the breast ; tarsal feathers and 

 under tail-coverts more fulvescent ; under wing-coverts mouse-grej% 

 with pale fulvous tips ; upper wing-coverts ashy brown , with a very 

 slight purplish gloss, but not so dark as the back, nor so grey as 

 the head, though tipped like the latter with fulvous ; greater and 

 primary coverts, as well as secondaries, deep brown, with tolerably 

 broad whitish ends ; primaries black, slightly shaded vdih. brown 

 near the base ; lower surface of wing ashy brown, blackish towards 

 tips of primaries, the inner webs of all slightly mottled with greyish ; 

 tail purplish brown, tipped with huffy white, all the feathers shaded 

 with ashy grey, taking the form of indistinct bars on the centre 

 feathers, on which remains of eleven or twelve can be counted. 

 Total length 28 inches, wing 20-75, tail 11, tarsus 3-2. 



Adult female. General colour fulvous brown, most of the feathers 

 with lighter margins, especially on the least wing-coverts ; the 

 median coverts darker bro'mi, but not so glossy as the back, with 

 fulvous margins ; greater and primary coverts, as well as secon- 

 daries, tipped with fulvous ; primaries blackish, externally shaded 

 ■with ashy grey, forming distinct bands on both webs, these bands 

 more vermiculated on the lower surface, the inner webs of the quills 

 being ashy brown, shading into deep brown towards the tips of the 

 primaries ; tail dark brown, tipped with fulvous, the feathers shaded 

 with ashy grey, forming eight or nine distinct bars on centre 

 feathers ; head and neck rather paler than the back, the feathers of 

 the latter part margined with fulvous, giving a very mealy appear- 

 ance, sides of face also light fulvous ; imder surface of body pale 

 fulvous brown, lighter on the throat, leg-feathers, and under tail- 

 coverts, many of the breast-feathers mottled with ashy brown near 

 the base ; under wing-coverts rather lighter than the breast, many 

 of the feathers whity brown on their margins and near the base, 

 the lower series ashy brown, like the inner lining of the wing ; cere 

 and gape deep yeUow ; feet yellow ; ii-is hazel-brown. Total length 

 27 inches, culmen 2-5, wing 21-75, tail 11-5, tarsus 3-3. 



Adult male. Total length 28 inches, wing 20-5, tail 11, tarsus 3-4. 

 Hah. India. 



a. Juv. St. India. J. R. Reeves, Esq. [P.]. 



h. tS ad. sk. India. Dr. Bums [P.]. 



c, d. Imm. sk. Kattiawar. Capt. J. Hayes Lloyd [P.]. 



