67 



185. 



18.1 



bars ; younger birds less spotted than those 



of A. clanga and tail unbarred : nape patch 



ochraceous rufous. 



Aquila jpomarina Brehm, Vog. Deutschl., 



p. 27 (1831). [Pomerania.^ 



Lesser Spotted Eagle. 



Sexes nearly similar in size ; wing § 19.50, c;^ 

 19.15 in ; bill more feeble, tarsi more slender ; 

 wings generally exceeding tail in length ; 

 least wing-coverts with small spots of white 

 in immature birds. 



Aquila 2^omarina hastata (Less.), Vog. Belang. 

 ZooL, p. 217 (1834). [Bengali 

 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. HIERAAETUS Kaup (1844) 



General characters of Aquila, but bill more slender ; 

 tarsi feathered to the toes. 



Length $ 26, wing 21 in. ; wing (J 19.6 m. ; 

 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 

 bufhsh. barred with black. 

 186. Hieraaetus fasciatus fasciatus (Vie ill.), Mem, 

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

 [Montpellier.] 

 Bonelli's Eagle. 



» 



[Smaller but doubtful form.] 

 186a.. Hieraaelns fasciatus minor Erlanger 

 1904, p. 187, taf.x., fig. 42. 



J.f.O. 



S. Europe (S. 

 France and 

 Spain to S. 

 Russia), 

 Asia Minor, 

 Turkestan, 

 Palestine, 

 India, China, 

 X. Africa. 



S. Arabia ; E. 

 Africa 



(Somaliland, 

 .Mozambique). 



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