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of the male of that species. These measurements (e. g. wing 

 19'25 inches^ tarsus 4"06) are decidedly smaller than those of 

 the female above described by Mr. Brooks, and show a 

 considerable diiference in size between the sexes of this 

 Eagle. 



The immature stage of Aquila fulvescens has, if I mistake 

 not, been twice figured in the ' Journal fiir Ornithologie ' — 

 first in the volume for 1853, on plate 4, under the name of 

 " Aquila navia, var. pallida," and subsequently in the volume 

 for 1874, on plate 3, under that of '^ Aquila boeckii ■/' the first- 

 named of these representations, however, seems to me to ap- 

 proach more nearly than the second to the tone of colouring 

 that prevails in the two immature specimens of A. fulvescens 

 which I have examined. If I am correct in these identifica- 

 tions, it will follow that the western range of A. fulvescens 

 sometimes extends to Europe, as the original of " Aquila 

 ntsvia, var. pallida/' was captured near Pillau, on the coast 

 of Eastern Prussia, during very stormy weather in November 

 1851 ; and of the two specimens described under the name of 

 Aquila boeckii one is said, on the authoi'ity of the late Jules 

 Verreaux, to have been obtained in Russia, the locality of the 

 other being unknown. 



Respecting the three Eagles to which I have next to refer, 

 so much has of late years been written that I shall have the 

 less reason to dwell upon them at any great length. Their or- 

 dinary appellation of " Spotted Eagles " is very applicable to 

 the immature plumage of all three ; but with regard to their 

 specific names considerable confusion has arisen. Mr. Sharpe 

 applies to the larger and most widely spread species Pallas^s 

 name '' clanga ; " and of the two smaller races, he designates 

 the Eastern as " hastata " of Lesson, and the Western as 

 " maculata " of Gmelin, this last being the only name of the 

 three which appears to me to be open to objection. 



Mr. Sharpe abandons the specific name of " navia," which 

 by many ornithologists has been applied indiscriminately to 

 both the Spotted Eagles found in Europe, and by others 

 to the lesser species only, and, in so doing, follows the 

 course suggested by Mr. Dresser in the ' Annals and 



