60 BIRDS OP INDIA. 



29. Aquila fulvescens, Gray. 



Hardw., 111. Ind. Zool. 2, pi. 29 — A. punctata, Gray, Hardw. 

 111. Ind. Zool. 1, pi. 16— A. fusca, ditto ditto 2, pi. 27— A. vin- 

 diana, Franklin, P. Z. S. 1831 — Jerdon, Cat. No. 11 — A. 

 naevioides, apud Blyth, Cat. Ill — and Horsf., Cat. 54 — Wokhab, 

 H.* — Dholwa oi the Wagrees — Bursawul of the Yerklees — Alawa 

 or Salwa, Tel. — AH. Tam. 



The Tawny Eagle. 



Descr. — Young bird, light fulvous, brightest on the head and 

 throat, changing to pale dingy brown on the back and scapulars, 

 and to whitish yellow beneath, with dark shafts ; shoulders and 

 lesser coverts pale whity brown ; quills black ; tail dusky, with 

 faint dark bars. 



At a later stage the colour of the bird is uniform fulvous brown 

 throughout (-4. yw-sca). In an intermediate state, the abdomen is 

 marked Avith fulvous streaks, and there are many specks 

 and streaks of the same on the head and the back of the neck. 

 The adult bird is tawny brown, with the head and throat dusky, or 

 almost black ; the feathers of the crown, and the neck hackles, 

 tipped with pale brown ; the wings, breast, and lower parts deep 

 fuscous brown ; the breast slightly speckled, and the belly and 

 wings spotted more or less Avith light tawny brown ; two light 

 wing bars, and the tip of the tail also light. Irides hazel brown; 

 cere deep yellow ; feet yellow. 



Length of a male 25 inches ; wing 19 ; tail 10. A female mea- 

 sures 28 to 29 inches ; wing 20 to 21 ; extent 5 to 5^ feet; tail 11 ; 

 tars. 3 ; mid toe and claw 3 ; bill at gape 2^ ; height 1 ; weight 

 41bs. The wings reach nearly to the end of the tail ; the toes are 

 stronger than in A. ncevia, and the bill is also stronger and deeper. 



This Eagle was for some time considered identical with A. ncebioi- 

 des, Cuvier, from Africa ; but that is a much larger and more robust 

 bird than our Indian species. The Wohhah is more robust in form 

 than A. ncevia, and is quite a miniature of A. imperialis. It is 



* The name Wokhab is evidently derived from the Arabic, 0^a6,which is the 

 name given in Northern Africa to A. nmvioid.es. 



