186 BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 



Length 30 inches, tail 1T5, wing 22, tarsus 3'5, bill from gape 2'8, cere 

 85. The female is a little larger. 



It has been shown that the name of A. mogilnik is properly referable to 

 the Imperial Eagle ; and Mr. Gurney agrees with Mr. Dresser in considering 

 the name of A. nipalensis the correct one for the present species. Both 

 A. bifasciata and A. nipalensis apply to the same bird, and the former 

 name is senior by a year. The Steppe-Eagle has long been confounded 

 with the Imperial Eagle, and I therefore do not give any synonyms which 

 apply to both species. 



A. mogilnik) when adult, is of a dark blackish brown, with some of the 

 scapulars white, and the young birds are lineated. 



The Steppe-Eagle is not uncommon in Burmah as a winter visitor. 

 Capt. Feilden states that it is very common at Thayetmyo, but I cannot 

 say that I ever found it so. Further south, however, near Pegu and on 

 the banks of the canal, I generally succeeded in shooting three or four 

 specimens every winter. Mr. Davison notes its occurrence in Tenasserim 

 both at Moulmein and Tavoy. 



It has a considerable range, being found in Eastern Europe, Southern 

 Asia, China and Eastern Siberia. It appears to be more or less mi- 

 gratory. 



This Eagle is a heavy dull bird ; and the specimens I procured were 

 generally seated on the ground, allowing me to approach within gunshot 

 without difficulty. 



562. AQUILA CLANGA. 

 THE SPOTTED EAGLE. 



Aquila clanga, Pall. Zoog. Rosso- Asiat. i. p. 351 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. i. p. 248 j 

 Hume, S. F. iii. p. 25 ; Gurney, Ibis, 1877, p. 329 ; David et Oust. Ois. Chine, 

 p. 9; Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 499, pi. j Hume fy Dav. S. F. vi. p. 11 ; Hume, 

 8. F. viii. p. 81 ; Oates, S. F. x. p. 179. Aquila nsevia (Gm.), Jerd. B. Ind. i. 

 p. 59 ; Hume, Rough Notes, i. p. 162 ; id. Nests andEggs,^. 28 ; Anders. P. Z. S. 

 1871, p. 686 ; Brooks, S. F. i. p. 329, iii. p. 304 ; Bl. B. Burm. p. 63. Aquila 

 maculata (Gm.), Brooks, S. F. iv. p. 268. 



Description. Male and female. General colour uniform dark purplish 

 brown ; the feathers of the lower back and rump variegated with fulvous ; 

 upper tail-coverts white slightly marbled with brown ; wing-coverts edged 

 paler ; tertiaries subterminally grey ; tail without bars and tipped with 

 whitish grey ; thighs marked with fulvous ; tarsi variegated with white ; 

 under tail-coverts white. 



Two other birds have the upper plumage dark purplish brown ; wing- 

 coverts and scapulars streaked with greyish white ; back and rump a mixture 



