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coverts^ and also on the abdomen and thighs^ which closely 

 resemble the corresponding feathers in the fully plumaged 

 adults of ^. albicans-, I have likewise noticed that adult spe- 

 cimens of A. viyidhiana often exhibit a decided tinge of rufes- 

 cent fulvous on the nape of the neck and the upper part of 

 the back; but in A. v'mdhiana, as \uA. albicans, the plumage 

 has so great a tendency to become bleached and worn^ that 

 it is only in newly assumed feathers that such details of mark- 

 ing and coloration can be satisfactorily observed. 



I add some measurements of Eagles which I have recently 

 examined belonging to the group to which I have just re- 

 ferred : — 



* Mr. Blanford gives these measurements as taken from this specimen 

 (probably when freshly killed) as 20-3 and 3'4 (vide ' Geology and Zoology 

 of Abyssinia/ p. 296). 



