200 Mr. A. Anderson on the 



the acquisition of the young birds has, at last, enabled me to 

 supply the missing link in the history of this interesting 

 Eagle*, my first disappointment has been fully compensated 

 for by the filling of a blank in my egg-cabinet. 



I need not infiict upon my readers the details of my journey, 

 nor recount the hardships and discomforts which befell me 

 while engaged in the " cause of science." Suffice it to say 

 that after uninterruj)ted travelling of all sorts for forty hours 

 (carriage, mail-cart, and rail), I arrived at Saharunpore at 

 midnight of the 29th June, 1873. My collectors, including 

 a lad to climb, a skinner, &c., under the command of Ungun 

 (who had the year before enriched Mr. Brooks^s collection 

 with eggs of A. navia and A. hastata from the same locality), 

 had preceded me by a fortnight, with a supply of ready-ad- 

 dressed and stamped envelopes; so that my '' daily reports " 

 were received with the regularity so becoming to an Indian 

 official. 



I take the present opportunity of tendering my thanks to 

 Mr. Kennedy, Joint Magistrate of Saharunpore, for his kind- 

 ness in allowing my pioneers to make use of his premises as 

 a base of operations, and for keeping me informed, from time 

 to time, of what progress they made ; for our Aryan brethren 

 require to be well sat upon, even under the most advantageous 

 circumstances. 



From the train (it was 2 a.m. before I despatched a light 

 breakfast and put together some necessaries for the road) 1, 

 accompanied by my attendants, who met me at the railway 

 station, stepped into a carriage which had been engaged for 

 the purpose, and made straight for the Jumna Canal ; for our 

 road lay along the canal-banks (up and down) for another 

 foi*ty miles. A three hours' drive brought us to the first 

 nestf, in which, according to my reports, the youngster could 



* A description of the plumage of the young birds, which have now 

 moulted, will appear in the ' Proceedings ' of the Zoological Society. 



t The seven nests which had been discovered contained each only one 

 Q^^. Two of these had been robbed ; and in two the squabs had died from 

 the extreme heat. It was the hottest season on record ; and the " rains," 

 which generally burst on the 18th of June, were already a fortnight 

 overdue. 



