490, ORNITHOLOGICAL SKETCHES 
I subjoin measurements of two Spanish specimens :— 
Length. | Breadth. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Middle toe. 
sia ena ST ag ag Ce | 
= a Saal a a 
Aquila fulva from Cobadonga, North Spain. 
Beale e350) e200 | 50 34 u 7-5 
Aquila fulva from the Sierra Guadarrama. 
o.| 914 | 2146 | 66 | 362 | ep ee 
I managed while in Spain to collect some notes about the 
Aquila imperialis and the Aquila adalbert? of that country; 
and before making a few remarks with regard to the eventual 
union or separation of these so-called species, I will mention 
in what districts and under what circumstances I saw them. 
When I laid out a carcass for the vultures in the Royal 
preserves of the Pardo at Madrid, a very light-brown, almost 
yellowish bird, about the size of an Imperial Eagle, appeared 
almost simultaneously with the Cinereous Vultures. It made 
a few sweeps round the place, and then pitched on the ground 
near a vulture. It was just the colour of a Sea-Hagle, but its 
flight, bearing, and feathered feet at once showed me that it 
was a “noble” eagle. Before I could fire it rose, to follow a 
vulture that was flying off with a large lump of flesh. Two 
more of these eagles, coloured precisely like the first, very 
soon arrived. They sailed round our ambush, settled on the 
nearest trees, and hung about the place for fully half an hour 
without coming down to the bait, so that I had an opportunity 
of observing them perfectly. Their cry was a sort of grunt- 
ing sound, and quite reminded me of the call of the Sea- 
Hagle 
to every sportsman who has often lain in wait under its nest, 
not the sharp nervous scream of that bird, so familiar 
