THE EAGLE-LIKE SUBFAMILY 



1981 



coverts and quills are ashy brown, tipped with white, and barred with darker brown; 

 and the tail feathers are likewise ashy brown, with buffish-white tips, and crossed 

 with eleven dark brown bars. With the exception of a few dark brown spots on 

 the chest and under wing coverts, the whole of the under parts are uniform buffish 

 white. In the adult the general color becomes dark brown above, the head being 

 dark brown, with narrow pale margins to the feathers; the tail has but six bars; 



WARLIKE CRESTED EAGLE. 

 ( One sixth natural size. ) 



and the front of the neck and chest are dark brown, the remainder of the under 

 surface being white, with some dark spots. All the Oriental species are smaller, 

 some having the inferior portion of the under surface marked with dark barrings. 



The following account of the habits of the marsh crested eagle (S. limnaetus), 

 which ranges from India to Java, is given by Captain Fielden, who writes from 

 Pegu. He observes that this eagle ' ' seems to be a very common bird about Thy- 



