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Entire length 29 inches; culmen 2'7 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 23'5; tarsus 4'5. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 6. 



195. Aqtjila iMPERiALis, Bechst. Imperial Eagle. 



This fine species of Eagle is not uncommon in Lower Egypt 

 during the cooler months, but is rarely met with on the Nile 

 above Cairo, and in Nubia appears only as an occasional 

 straggler. 



Adult. — Top of the head and back of the neck rufous ; 

 back and wings dark brown, with the exception of the sca- 

 pulars, which are mostly white ; tail shaded with ash-colour, 

 and irregularly barred with black, the broadest bar being 

 next to the buff tip of the tail ; under surface of the body 

 dark brown, shading off into rufous on the abdomen ; cere 

 and tarsus yellow ; irides pale brown ; beak horn-blue. 



Entire length 27 inches ; culmen 2'1 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 2r5; tail ll'O ; tarsus 3*8. 



The immature bird is much paler on the chest, which is 

 distinctly striped with fulvous, and without the white on the 

 scapulars. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 5. 



196. Aqttila n^vioides (Cuv.). Tawny Eagle. 



Von Heuglin (Orn. N. O. Afr. p. 45) mentions this species 

 as of rare occurrence in Egypt and Nubia. 



Entire plumage ferruginous-brown, with the centre of the 

 feathers of the back, scapulars, and wing-coverts darker 



