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more distinctlj- spotted. They measure from 2-45 to 2-9 in length, 

 and from 2-05 to 2-25 in breadth. 



Aquila rapax (Tenim.). 



Aquila nsevioides, IJaedekcr, Eier Eur. J'o(/. tab. 73. fig. 2 (1855-63). 

 Aquila rapax, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 242 (1874); id. ed. Layard, 



Birds S. Africa, p. 35 (1875-84); Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 513 



(1880); Sharpe,'Ha»d-l. i. p. 261 (1899). 



The eggs of the Tawny Eagle are short ovals in shape, the 

 smaller end being- nearly^ as much rounded as the larger. The 

 ground-colour is white. Three specimens are sparingly marked 

 with yellowish brown ; a fourth is smeared all over with pale 

 brownish pink and blotched here and there with dull reddish 

 brown. They measure respectively: 2-65 by 2-1; 2-75 by 2-1 ; 

 2-9 by 2-17: 2-81 by 2-18. 



2. Algeria (A>w;7/: Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Guelma, Algeria (ioc/ie; Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 

 1. Cape Colciiiv (A/more: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



Aquila vindhiana, FranU. 



Aquila vindliiaiia, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 243 (1874) ; Oaies ed. 

 Hume, Ne.<<ts 4- E(/r/s Ind. B. iii. p. 132 (1890) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit, 

 hid., Birds, iii. p. 3.37 (1895) ; Shurpe, Hand-l. i. p. 2G1 (1899). 



The eggs of the Indian Tawny Eagle vary in shape from broad 

 oval to sphcioidal. The shell is fairly smooth, and many specimens 

 possess a small amount of gloss. The ground-colour is white, and 

 about half the number of sjjecimcns in the Collection are unmarked. 

 The others are more or less si)aringly streaked, spotted, and blotched 

 with different shades of reddish and yellowish brown and under- 

 lying dull purplish grey. Tliey measure from 2\Mi> to 2-9 in length, 

 and from 1-S to 2-25 in breadth. 



2. Sivsa district. Punjab, ]4tli Nnv. Hume Cell. 



2. Sirsa District, Jan. Hume Coll. 



