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the egg of the bald Eagle figured on the same page. The co- 
lour of the shell in this species when held up to the light is a 
peculiarly bright sap green, very different from the deep green 
of Halicetus Leucoryphus, or the sea green of Fulvescens. In 
size they vary from 2°65 to 3:15 in length and from 2°05 to 
2°45 in breadth, but of twenty eggs measured the average 
was 2°91 by 2°31. 
When deprived of their egg, the short-toed Eagles, will hang 
for weeks about their desolated homestead, but apparently they 
never lay a second time, as many other species do. 
Mr. W. Blewitt informs me, that he took nine nests of this 
bird in the neighbourhood of Hansie between the 18th January 
and the 26th February and four between the 6th and 26th of 
March, some of the eggs were fresh, some more or less incubat- 
ed; but no nest contained more thana single egg. Eleven of 
the nests were on Keekur (Acacia Arabica) trees, one on a 
Jhand (Prosopis spicigna) tree and one on a Seeshum (Dalbergia 
Seesoo.) The nests were placed at heights varying from fourteen 
to twenty-two feet from the ground. 
They were composed of twigs of the Keekur (Acacia Arabica), 
Kheyr (Acacia Catechu) native plum, (Zyzyphus Jujube). They 
varied in diameter from fourteen to twenty-four inches, excluding 
straggling ends, and in thickness from four to eight inches. 
Some were slightly and loosely put together, others were very 
densely and closely constructed. Most of them appeared to have 
no lining; but three were thinly lined with straw, two with 
leaves and one with fine grass. 
Mr. G. Marshall, R. E., writes to me— 
“ Of this bird I have found but one nest. I found it on the 
18th of March with one egg, and left it till the 6th April, in 
hopes that more would be laid, and when I took it at last, it was 
rather hard’ set, so that probably the bird lays but one egg. 
The nest was in a Seeshum tree, so high up among the smaller 
branches that I reached it with difficulty ; it was made of twigs 
and so loose in structure, that I could see that there was only 
one egg from below, before I had reached the nest. The egg 
was well shaped and pure dull white.” 
Mr. R. Thompson writing from Gurhwal says that the si- 
tuation of the nest is “usually on the highest branches of a tall 
tree, in a moderately wooded country, and mostly in one stand- 
ing by itself.” He adds: “ Breeds in the Patla Dhoon, and all 
along the lower open forests. During the pairing season, utters 
a loud and plaintive cry, usually when the pair are mounted 
high in the air, when they may be observed tumbling about 
and darting at each other in a most remarkable manner.” 
