396 MR. R. C. BEAVAN ON INDIAN RAPTORES. [Juue 11, 



Sykes) and Vultures. A female, killed on November 5th, had the 

 stomach empty. I subjoin the dimensions of several : — 



Umballah, November 5th, 1866. 

 Length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Weight. Extent. lf}^lf 

 $.28|in. 19 in. 10|in. 3|in. 4|lb, — 5| in* 



November 13th. 

 . 25| 18| 9| 3| 3ilb. — — f 



Camp Eesahurree, near Umballah, November 17th. 

 cJ.25| 18| 8^ 3f — 63in. — t 



November 30th. 

 31 20 11 3f 4|lb. — 6§ 



By this list it will be seen that specimens freshly killed vary a 

 good deal in their dimensions, especially as regards their weight. 



31. Aquila PENNATA, Gmel. The Dwarf Eagle. 



I believe that this Eagle occurs at Umballah, and that I myself 

 have seen it on more than one occasion in flight ; but I did not 

 secure any specimens, never having the opportunity ; but of the 

 next species (No. 32) I am glad to say I was able to procure both 

 sexes myself at Simla in 1866. 



32. Neopus malaiensis, Reinh. The Black Eagle ||. (Plate 

 XXXIV.) 



I first observed this rare and beautiful bird when in the Darjeeling 

 Himalayas in 1861 and 1862, and tried, although in vain, to pro- 

 cure specimens then for Dr. Jerdon. I was surprised, when at Simla 

 in 1866, to find it tolerably abundant at Fagoo, where it was also 

 noticed by Col. Tytler (cf. Ibis, 18C8, p. 195). It was near that 

 place that I procured my first specimen, a female, on 4th August, 

 1866. My dog Fosco had just put up a pair of Kaleege Pheasants 

 {Gallophasis albocristatus) which had taken to a tree, and I was 

 trying to make out their whereabouts, when a Black Eagle suddenly 

 sailed by ; and by a long shot, with No. 8 shot, I managed, much to 

 my delight, to wing him, and he fell down the Khud. It is truly 

 a fine bird {cf. Ibis, 1867, p. 140), and the young peculiar in 

 plumage {loc. cit.), if I am right in my determination of the species 

 of this latter — a view in which, I believe. Col. Tytler concurs. Di- 

 mensions of both sexes as follows : — 



Spread ft. Hind ,p ^ 



Length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, under- toe and I Bill ft. Gape. Ext. 



neath. claw. 



6. 27*in. 21|in. 12|in. 3^in. 5in. 2iin. l|in. 1;^ in. 2 in. 5ft. 



?.28i-29 22 14i 3^ 5^ — — U _ _ 



* Irides grev. t Irides grey brown. \ Irides brown. 



§ Bill at fr.'i;. in. || Cf. lh\^. 18G7, p. UU ; 1868, p. 13. 



