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the north-eastern angle of the Aral Sea ; but in the distance 

 I could not distinguish it from A. clanga. 



''1 have a specimen oi A. glitschii obtained by Mr. An- 

 derson in winter between the Sutluj and Ganges^ near 

 the southern foot of the Himalaya; it is very like that ob- 

 tained in the Kirghiz steppes north of Perousk ; but we do 

 not know any thing more of the winter-quarters of A. glit- 

 schii, though it doubtless winters west of North-western 

 India. 



'' Aquila bifasciata was not found by me west of the Aral 

 Sea. I saw many young specimens dead which had been 

 taken from nests near the stations of the route from Oren- 

 burg to Tashkent^ near the north-east angle of the Aral Sea, 

 and near Dschulek (on the Syr-Darja, 600 versts from the 

 mouth). The specimens in my collection were obtained 

 during migration near Aulje-ata, Tchimkent^ and Tashkent, 

 but 1 did not find this Eagle during the summer in the 

 steppes near the foot of the Tian-shan. The nests, which I 

 know, were found in the biishes of saxaul near the Syr, and 

 more to the north, near the north-eastern angle of the Aral 

 Sea. Probably it breeds also near the Tohu ; and Colonel 

 Prjevalsky has found this Eagle in summer sparingly dis- 

 tributed throughout the bushes of saxaul in the Alashan and 

 near the frontier of China. 



"On migration I liave several times obtained A. bifas- 

 ciata at Aulje-ata, Tchimkent, also more southwards near 

 Tashkent, and on the Lower Amu. 



" This Eagle winters in Northern India, whence I have 

 specimens obtained by Mr. Anderson. By Colonel Prje- 

 valsky it was found during the winter in the high steppes 

 near the Lake Khu-khu-nor, where it is very cold, but snow- 

 less ; there it feeds on Lagomys and the other species of 

 Glires." 



Aquila clanga. 



The Larger Spotted Eagle breeds throughout the wooded 

 districts of Russia from lat. 60° as far south as the southern 

 limits of forest-growth. A specimen of this bird was obtained 



