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This Eagle is pretty common in the plains of Upper India, 
and is generally distributed through the country, though, (except 
in the North Western Provinces,) itis chiefly found in hilly 
and woody tracts. Layard found it in Ceylon, but it does not 
appear to go eastward. I can nowhere find it recorded from 
Burmah, and Wallace did not meet with it in the Indian 
Archipelago. 
Swinhoe does not appear to have met with it anywhere in 
China north or south ; it is not amongst the Birds of Japan, and 
Radde does not include it in his Avi-fauna of south-east 
Siberia. Throughout the south of Europe, it is found, though 
nowhere common, and in Palestine as we have seen, it is 
plentiful. I do not find it noticed from Hgypt, nor from the 
Red Sea coast country. In the north of Africa, it occurs in 
Morocco, Algeria and ‘Tunis, but not it would seem further east. 
Layard gives it from South Africa, on the strength of a single 
specimen identified by Mr. Gurney, but the latter gentleman 
has since avowed grave doubts of the correctness of this iden- 
tification, and it seems in the highest degree improbable that 
this species should occur in Southern Africa. 
On the whole, the range of this noble and powerful, though 
short-winged, Hagle, appears to be comparatively restricted. 
I subjoin exact dimensions of three fine females, recorded 
from fresh birds. Similar measurements of males have unfor- 
tunately been lost. 
PSIG shh scgch ais saste aedevarsvereea chica otc lo 28°5 28:0 2775 
Beat) 5 yin atork viordeags <!ajsip alsin resis es 64°5 64:5 67-0 
Wileierhads Gam U9..), 5 io ais (ernie areleyd waa! Slee 4:75 5:25 =60 
Nash iin ¢ distal cold daatgayetkd bse 20°0 19°63 19°65 
Which primary the longest, .......... 4th 4th 4th 
Ist Primary falls short of longest by .. 6:0 575 50 
2nd 5 a 9 af eee 25 2:0 
ord 5 i 59 Ree ear. 075 0:2 
Vaal iene thifrom vent, 5.4. .0edidss 52:0 12:0 12°75 
Aaa rem ep ils I |g cin bats pia 'eyese veker’ 3°79 3°69. . 4:0 
Hoot, sreatest-lomneth, 4. «ciple sir wi arsene ars 6°63 Ost 4c 0 
Foot, greatest width, -.. «des «6/0 de) i 5°20 575 ©6660 
Mid; toestoroot of Claw, ..i:05:0 0 s:<aaiepeet 2:0 2°69 2°63 
Tis, claw along curve... svi side sn eois Shy kia Ld, 4:69 
Hindtge torootof claws. wis s ede 15 iol aaa 
Tts claw along curve, .....esesisiees bes 2°13 2°06 2°25 
Bill, straight, including cere, from fore- 
Rese, boy palrtit seta ais so balag sealed ore A '8s 1:94 1:94 
», along curve es ss GeareeD 2°38 2°38 
