SPOTTED EAGLE. 23 



mountains of Talyche an adult example of this species, 

 which had almost entirely lost the spots observed upon 

 it when it is young." 



Aquila ncBvia has been obtained by B. Hodgson, Esq., 

 in Nepal, and by Mr. Blyth near Calcutta ; skins were 

 in the collection made by Mr. Ewer in the north-western 

 province of the Bengal territory, and also in that of Major 

 Franklin. 



The young bird in its first year has the bill of a dark 

 bluish horn colour, becoming lighter in colour towards 

 the base, the cere yellow ; irides hazel ; the whole head, 

 neck, back, wings, and tail dark chocolate brown ; the 

 tips of all the small and large wing-coverts marked with 

 a crescentic patch of pale wood-brown ; the tertials, upper 

 tail-coverts and tail-feathers the same ; under surface of 

 the body dark brown, the feathers of the thighs and legs 

 varied with paler brown lines; the legs feathered down 

 to the tarsal joint ; the toes yellow, reticulated for a 

 portion of their length, but ending with four large and 

 broad scales ; the claws nearly black. 



The young bird in its second year, as figured by 

 Mr. Gould in his Birds of Europe, is more uniform in 

 its colour than the bird here represented, but has some 

 of the smaller wing-coverts, the greater coverts, and the 

 tertials tipped with light brown ; the general colour dark 

 reddish-brown. 



An adult bird had the neck, back, wing-coverts, and 

 tail reddish liver-brown ; the head, both above and below, 

 rather lighter in colour, the feathers of the upper part 

 of the head and neck lanceolate ; the primaries almost 

 black ; under surface of the body very little lighter in 

 colour than the back ; all the feathers white at the base ; 

 legs, toes and claws as in the young birds. 



The whole length twenty -seven and a half inches, the 



