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places. Another nest, which I found on the 15th of April 1878, 

 contained three partly-fledged young, and was situated on a 

 mangoe tree, near the top of the tree and about 25 feet from the 

 ground ; neither of these nests were in the vicinity of water. 



The young male shot on the 25th March was hit by a single 

 pellet of shot about the centre of the neck ; blood was oozing out ; 

 but although I kept it for two days it did not die, but it could 

 not keep its head straight up, and when attempting to fly would 

 tumble over on its back like a Tumbler Pigeon. 



When firing at No. 1, I thought it was some kind of Owl, as 

 it was flying with slow long flaps of its wings just like Asio 

 accipitrinus. 



27.— *Aquila mogilnik, Gmel. 



14>th January 1878. — Shot a large Eagle, which being only 

 wounded I brought home. It lived till the 26th February, and 

 on dissection proved to be a male. The description given at 

 page 151 of Hume's a Rough Notes," of the 4th stage of A. im- 

 perialis applied to the bird I shot, and I have no hesitation in 

 assigning it to that species. There were two pure white feathers 

 amongst the secondary wing-coverts, one on each wing. The 

 colours of the soft parts were the same as those described at 

 page 158, 3rd specimen of the above mentioned work. 



It measured : — Length, 300 ; expanse, 74*0 ; wing, 22"0 ; tail 

 from vent, 12*50; tarsus, 3*50 ; bill from gape, 2*40; bill at 

 front, including cere, 2*08 ; closed wings equal end of tail ; 

 4th primary longest. 



It would not touch rats even if skinned and given, but would 

 feed on the carcases of the different birds I used to shoot. Its 

 broken leg joined completely while in confinement. From always 

 remaining on the ground its feathers were too spoilt to make 

 a specimen, so I threw it away, and was punished by not see- 

 ing another one all the time I was at the factory. During con- 

 finement it never uttered any sound. I shot it off a small 

 plum tree in a sparsely cultivated plain. 



30.— Aquila hastata, Less. 



26th March 1878, Male. — Length, 25*0 ; expanse, 6O0 ; wing, 

 17-75 ; tail from vent, 9*25 ; tarsus, 3"75 ; bill from gape, 2*33 ; 

 bill at front, including cere, 1*70 ; closed wings exceed tail, 

 1*0. Feet greenish yellow ; cere wax yellow ; gape ditto ; irides 

 light brown ; bill, base bluish ; rest black. 



mh May 1878, Female.— Length, 2675; expanse, 64-0; 

 wing, 18-70 ; tail from vent, 9 83 ; tarsus, 3*75 ; bill from 



