Mr. R. B. Sharpes Catalogue of Accipitres. 429 



has the wing 17*2 and the tarsus 4*2 ; in the smallest the wing 

 is 13"5 and the tarsus is 3'3 inches. 



I have also measured eight specimens of L. horsfieldi from 

 Java^ Borneo, and Malacca : in the largest of these the wing 

 measures 17 and the tarsus 4 ; in another specimen the wing 

 measures 16*4 and the tarsus 4*5 ; in the smallest of the eight 

 the wing is 15"4 and the tarsus 3'6 inches. 



In neither race does there appear to be any constant dif- 

 ference in size between specimens from different localities^. 



I have been indebted to the kindness of the Marquis of 

 Tweeddale for an opportunity of examining a specimen in his 

 collection of the Hawk-Eagle inhabiting the Andaman Islands, 

 L. andamanensis (Tytler), which appears to differ but little, 

 except in its smaller dimensions, from L. caligatus as dis- 

 tinguished from L. horsfieldi. The colour of the iris in this 

 species appears to be " reddish brown " f in some specimens, 

 and "deep yellow ^^ J or " amber "§ in others. 



Since the publication of Mr. Sharpens volume notices of 

 this species have appeared in 'The Ibis' for 1874, p. 127, 

 also in ' Stray Feathers ' for 1874, p. 142, and for 1876, 

 p. 280, which should be consulted for further information 

 respecting it. 



I propose now to refer to a Hawk- Eagle which I believe to 

 be exclusively Indian, Limnaetus cirrhatus, respecting the 

 geographical distribution of which Mr. Hume has the fol- 

 lowing remark in * Stray Feathers,'' vol. iii. p. 46 : — " It is a 

 Peninsular species ; and a line drawn from Aboo to Etawah, 

 and thence by Shergotty to Calcutta, indicates very fairly its 

 northern limits. '' 



Mr. Sharpe records two immature specimens from Nepal 



* Since writing the above I have received No. 1 of vol. v. of ' Stray 

 Feathers,' which contains at p. 9 an important note on Limnaetus cali- 

 gatus, that should by all means be consulted, especially as showing the 

 gi'eat rarity of the fuliginous bird (Z. horsfieldi) in India, which, con- 

 sidering its comparative abundance in Malacca and Java, is, I think, an 

 argument in favour of its specific distinctness from L. caligatus. 



t Vide Hume's ' Rough Notes,' vol. i. p. 205. 



X Vide ' Stray Feathers,' 1874, p. 142. 



§ Vide Ibis, 1874, p. 127. 



