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white, tipped with fulvous; some almost entirely licht fulvous. 
Lesser lower wing coverts, pale fulvous brown with, here and 
there, asingle, very dark feather. Greater lower wing coverts, 
brownish grey. first five or six .primaries, conspicuously 
notched on inner web. ‘These, above the notches, and the rest 
of the quills throughout their whole lengths, have the lower 
surfaces obscurely barred greyish white and blackish brown. 
A faint trace of similar barring observable on the lower surface 
of tail feathers. The wings extend to tips of exterior tail 
feathers, which are 14 inch shorter than central ones. 
Of the female, No. 4, shot on the same date, in nearly the 
full adult plumage, I have the following note : 
“‘ Almost exactly the same size as preceding and with the lores, 
quills and tail feathers much the same, though the latter were 
somewhat darker, but the whole of the rest of the plumage was a 
nearly uniform umber brown, darkest on rump, some of the 
largest scapulars, eye streak, and breast, and palest, on middle 
of back, upper and lower tail coverts, and lesser and median wing 
coverts (the former of which have a trace of sandy). ‘There is 
some white about the chin, throat, and vent, owing to the bases 
of the feathers showing through. The feathers of the top of the 
head very narrowly, and inconspicuously margined paler, and 
the elongated lanceolate ones of the nape, and back of neck, with 
tiny, inconspicuous paler tips.” 
No. 30. Aquila Hastata. Less. 
Tuer Lone-Leccep HAGLE. 
I know nothing of the nidification of this Eagle, nay more, 
I am sorry to say, I know nothing of the bird itself. To the 
best of my belief, this species does not occur in Upper India, 
and I do not think that I have ever seen an wndoubted example 
of it. 
Col. Tytler has a specimen, (male) shot near Jessore, which 
he calls Hastata, and which he assured me, both Mr. Blyth and 
Dr. Jerdon had seen, and named, as Hastata. It is vastly like 
A. Fulvescens, a pretty uniform dingy, slightly rufous brown, 
throughout. Longer scapulars, secondaries, and tail, a deep 
purplish chocolate brown; primaries, almost black at the tips ; 
longer upper tail coverts, and lower tail coverts yellowish white ; 
a few of the tibial plumes with terminal fawn coloured dots. 
In a very strong light, a faint trace of lighter bars is discern- 
able on some of the lateral tail feathers. None of the feathers of 
