(57 



185. 



IS.-) 



bars ; younger birds less spotted than those 



of A. clanga and tail nnl)an-ed : nape patch 



ochraceous rufous. 



Aquila pomarina Brehni. Vog. Deutschl., 



]). 27 (1831). [Pomeranin.] 



Lesser .Spotted Eagk'. 



Sexes nearly similar in size ; wing$ 19.50. (^ 

 19.15 in ; bill more feeble, tarsi more slender ; 

 wings generally exceeding tail in length ; 

 least wing-coverts with small s]iots of white 

 in immature birds. 



Aquila pomarina hastata (Less.), Vog. Belang. 

 Zool.,p.217(1834). [Benqal]. " 



Long-legged Eagle. 



C. Europe 

 from N. Ger- 

 many to 

 Bessarabia ; 

 cas. W. 

 Europe ; in 

 winter to 

 N.E. Africa. 



Indian 

 Peninsula 

 Burmese 

 countries. 



Gen. XLVII. HIEPvAAETUS Kaup (1844) 



General characters of Aquila, but bill more slend?r : 

 tarsi feathered to the toes. 



Length 9 26. wing 21 in. ; wing r^ 19.6 in. ; 

 above deep brown, feathers mostly with 

 paler margins and white bases ; tail ashy, with 

 broad sub-terminal dark brown band, and 5 

 or 6 indistinct bars ; below white, with black- 

 ish-brown shaft stripes, the flanks and legs 

 buftish. barred with black. 

 Hieraaetus fasciatus fasciatas (^^ieill.), Mem. 

 8oc. Linn. Paris, ii.. pt. 2, p. 152 (1822). 

 [Montpellier.] 



186. 



Bonellis Eagle. 



[Smaller but doubtful form.] 

 isiiii,. HieraaUus fasciatHs tnivor Erianger. d.f.O. 

 1904. ]). 187, taf. X., tig. 42. 



S. Europe (8. 

 France and 

 Spain to S. 

 Russia), 

 Asia Minor, 

 Turkestan, 

 Palestine, 

 India, China, 

 X. Africa. 



S. Arabia : E. 

 Africa 



(Somaliland. 

 Mozambique). 



