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entirely whitish ; uppermost scapulars white, forming a larger patch than 

 in the adult ; head dull fawn, not so rufous as in the old bird, distinctly 

 streaked with black, the cheeks and throat strongly inclining to dark 

 brown ; quills and tail much as in the adult. (Sharps.} 



I have never seen a specimen of this Eagle from Burmah, and I con- 

 sequently prefer to quote Mr. Sharpens description to writing one of 

 my own. 



The Booted Hawk Eagle has occurred several times in Burmah. Mr. 

 Blyth records it from Moulmein, and Mr. Gurney states that there is a 

 specimen in the Norwich Museum from that town, probably the same bird 

 which came under Mr. Blytk's notice. Capt. Feilden speaks of it as 

 occurring at Thayetmyo ; and from his account I should judge it to be 

 rather common there, but I never myself met with it. Mr. Davison pro- 

 cured a solitary specimen at Thatone in Tenasserim, and I do not know 

 of any other instances of its occurrence in Burmah. 



It is found in India and ranges into Europe and Africa. 



This Eagle in India is generally found in gardens and cultivated land. 

 Capt. Feilden observed it on trees in paddy-fields, and also near the parade- 

 ground of Thayetmyo seated in the centre of moderate- sized trees in full 

 foliage. He adds that they were tame and easily shot. 



Genus NEOPUS, Hodgs. 



565. NEOPUS MALAYENSIS. 

 THE BLACK EAGLE. 



Falco malayensis, Temm. PI. Col. 117. Neopus malayensis, Jerd. B. 2nd. i. 

 p. 65 ; Hume, Rough Notes, i. p. 187; Beavan, P. Z. 8. 1868, pi. 34; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. Mus. i. p. 257 ; Bl B. Burm. p. 63 ; Gurney, Ibis, 1877, p. 423 ; 

 Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 47 ; Hume fy Dav. S. F. vi. p. 11 ; Hume, S. F. viii. 

 p. 82. Onychaetus malayensis, Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 4. Heteropus 

 malayensis, Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 33. 



Description. Male and female. All black ; the tail barred with greyish 

 brown above and with dull white below ; the quills barred with white 

 near their bases ; the underparts very dark blackish brown ; the upper 

 tail-coverts brown with a few white bars. 



The young bird appears to be brown above, with buffy white spots at the 

 tips of the coverts and secondaries; tail-coverts broadly tipped with 

 white; the head with ochraceous margins; the cheeks and throat buffy 



