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pushed outside the nest. I subjoin the dimensions* and a brief 
description of one of these young birds which I took from the 
nest. Later, while watching the tree, through a glass, from a 
distance of some 150 yards, I saw one of the old birds arrive, 
with a fish, I should think nearly 2tbs. in weight, in its claws.” 
Horsfield (Zool. Res. in Java) tells us of this species, that 
“ their nest was built on the top of a large tree, and was con- 
structed in a rude manner, of branches of trees. The branches 
which were placed on the exterior, were more than an inch in 
diameter: the inside was lined with small twigs. . It was 
irregularly round, and very slightly excavated.” 
My friend, Mr. Thompson, writes to me from Gurhwal that 
these birds “ breed from March to May. The nest, which is a 
large structure of small sticks and twigs loosely put together, 
is usually placed in a tree at a convenient distance from the 
water, and at no great height from the ground. I have found 
their nests on the Kosilla river, at Oomta Dabee, in the Patlee 
Dhoon, on the Ramgunga river; Kotree Dhoon on the Sunnai 
river ; and lastly above Hurdwar on the river Ganges. They 
lay from two to three large white eggs, smaller than those of 
Haliaetus Fulviventer. Three appears to be the normal number 
of their eggs. During the breeding season, the birds utter at 
intervals, a loud yet plaintive cry, especially whenever one of 
them approaches the nest whilst the other is sitting in it. The 
male during this time is assiduous in his attentions, and 
the meeting of the pair on his return from fishing excursions 
always appears to call forth fresh cries. About the middle of 
April the eggs are laid, and are hatched during the following 
month. These birds are generally distributed over the rivers 
and larger streams of the Sub-Himalayas, remaining on them 
throughout the year.” 
Mr. Blyth had the following note in the Ibis for 1865; 
** Haliaetus Lineatus, Gray (Hardwicke’s Ill. Ind. Zool.) is erro- 
neously assigned in the Ibis, (1863, p. 23) to the young of 
Milwus Govinda, it being decidedly the young of Pontoaetus 
Ichthyaetus (Horsf.) in abraded, spotted plumage; for the 
young of this bird, and of UW. Govinda are quite similarly 
speckled.” 
* Expanse, 64 inches; wing 17; length 25; tail 8-25; bill at gape, 3°5; 
Tarsus 3°5. Description—Irides dark brown ; cere brownish ; gape and orbital 
skin, pale yellow; legs and feet pale yellowish white; bill and claws horny 
black ; lores naked and whitish, thinly covered by blue hairs. Plumage, 
above, dark brown, primaries and tail blackish, 3rd and 4th quills longest, 
Secondaries on inner web pale fulvous, slightly speckled with dusky, 
Beneath of a somewhat lighter brown throughout, 
