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Shannon, in the autumn of 1843, saw a bird of this species, 

 which had been caught by a youth on the rocks near Cork 

 Harbour, in the spring of that year, and purchased by the 

 gamekeeper. Mr. Thompson, in the Annals and Maga- 

 zine of Natural History, for May 1845, informs us that, 

 4 'the attention of Mr. R. Ball being called to the circum- 

 stance, he made inquiry of Lord Shannon, who replied, 

 that the bird was purchased by his steward for 2s. 6d. from 

 a peasant, who stated that he caught it on the sea-shore in 

 that neighbourhood : its plumage was in good order. His 

 lordship politely offered the bird to Mr. Ball for the coltec- 

 tion in the garden of the Zoological Society, Dublin, but 

 before arrangements were completed for its transmission it 

 died. The specimen was, by the directions of Lord Shan- 

 non, carefully preserved and stuffed and placed at the dis- 

 posal of Mr. Ball, who has added it to the collection in 

 Trinity College, Dublin. It is in adult plumage." 



This species inhabits various parts of Africa, Turkey, 

 Greece, Albania, the Archipelago, France, and even Ger- 

 many. 



Vultur fulvus. Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. i. 249. Vultur 

 fulvus, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. i. 5. Thompson, Ann. Nat. 

 Hist. xv. 308. Yarrell, Brit. Birds, Suppl. 8. 



ORDER I. RAPTRICES. 



FAMILY II. FALCONING. 



GENUS III. AQUILA. EAGLE. 



324. AQUILA N^VIA. SPOTTED EAGLE. 



Tail slightly rounded, not extending beyond the wings ; 

 the general colour of the plumage reddish-brown ; the fea- 

 thers of the head, neck, tarsus, and inner part of the 

 tibia lighter; the quills and tail-feathers blackish-brown. 

 Young with the plumage dark chocolate-brown, the wing- 

 coverts, secondary quills, and dorsal feathers, tipped with a 

 crescent of pale yellowish -brown, the lower parts dark- 

 brown, with pale spots ; the tibial and tarsal feathers 

 paler. 



Male, about 23, Female, 26 inches, in length. 



Very similar to Aquila Chrysaetus, but much smaller. 

 It is found in India, Asia Minor, Siberia, Egypt, Northern 



