obset'ved in Oudh and Kumaun, 223 



tent and fly about the camp quite tamely, but they disappeared 

 when the hot weather began to come on. The one ])inioned 

 showed, at the time of its death, no signs of the adult plumage. 

 This Eagle, when I have been out shooting, has often carried off 

 ducks and snipes, &c. which I had shot. 



I have little doubt that this Eagle is identical with Pallas's 

 Sea Eagle [H. leuconjphus), which I saw in the Crimea*. I 

 brought home a sternum from that country, and also one from 

 Oudh; these are in the Norwich Museum. At the request of 

 Mr. Gurney, Mr. Alfred Newton has kindly examined them, and 

 reports as follows : " I have received your note, and also the two 

 sterna from the Norwich Museum, marked respectively 'Oudh* 

 and ' Crimea,' which, according to your wish, I have examined 

 attentively. 



" Presuming the Haliaetus macei and the H. leuconjphus are 

 birds of the same size, I should suppose, from these specimens, 

 that the Indian was that of a female, and the Crimean that of a 

 male. Comparing them closely, I find that, notwithstanding the 

 general i-esemblance, there exists a great difference in the pro- 

 portions of the parts which make up the entire sternal apparatus. 



" This may be best shown in the following manner : — 



Oudh specimen. Crimean specimen, 

 inches. inches. 



Entire length of sternal apparatus . 7*27 6' 79 



Extreme length of sternum proper . 5*15 4*76 



Extreme length of coracoid 2*24 3'05 



"Thus, while the ratio of the sternum proper in each is within 

 •04 inch in direct proportion to the entire length of the sternal 

 apparatus, the ratio of the coracoids differs by "6 inch in inverse 

 proportion. 



" Such a discrepancy as this I have never yet found in the 

 sterna of what I should consider to be examples of the same 

 species ; and should the difference be constant, it would go far, 

 in my mind, towards making me believe H. macei to be distinct 

 from H. leucoryphus ; but I do not think one can judge suffi- 

 ciently from the evidence at present before me. 



* Vide ' Zoologist,' vol. xv. p. 5353. 



