298 NOTES ON SOME BIRDS COLLECTED IN THE EASTERN OR 
perching upon one of the lower branches of a large tree over- 
hanging a jheel, from whence it appeared to be watching for 
frogs or fish. It was a male, and gave the following measur- 
ments in the flesh :— 
Length, 26-2; expanse, 51°5; tail from vent, 12°); wing, 
16°8 ; tarsus, 4°25 ; bill from gape, 1°85. : 
The irides were light yellowish brown; cere and bill, dusky 
black ; feet, light yellow ; toes, with three or four very large 
scutella at base of claws; claws, black. 
41.—Polioxtus ichthyetus, Horsf. 
This species appeared to be scarce. I have not been able to 
identify it along the coast line, although it is not improbable 
that it oceurs there along with Cuncuma leucogaster. I have 
only shot a single specimen at a considerable distance up the 
Rangoon river, where the white-bellied Sea Eagle does not 
appear to extend to. It was an immature female, killed on the 
23rd of January, and gave the following measurements recorded 
in the flesh :— 
Length, 28; expanse, 61; tail from vent, 12°2 ; wing, 18°2; 
tarsus, 3°55 ; bill from gape, 2:2. 
The irides were light yellowish brown ; -cere, slaty grey ; bill, 
dark dusky slate color, lighter towards base; legs and feet, 
thick, coarse, and strong, and of a dirty light yellow color ; 
claws, black. 
[This specimen is in the lineated stage.—A. O. H.] 
43 —Cuncuma leucogaster, Gmei. 
The white-bellied Sea Eagle was to be met with, though 
sparingly, all along the coast from Elephant Point up to China- 
Ba-keer. It was not unusual to see a pair or more of these 
birds high up in the air, and far out of the reach of shot, wheel- 
ing and circling round and round, with a peculiarly easy and 
graceful flight. It was very seldom indeed that one would 
come within shooting distance, so that it was a matter of con- 
siderable difficulty to obtain specimens. I killed one male 
bird at China-Ba-keer, of which the following are the dimen- 
sions in the flesh :— . 
Length, 27°75; expanse, 71; tail from vent, 10°53; wing, 
22; tarsus, 3°7; bill trom gape, 2°25. 
The irides were light brown; cere and gape, leaden grey ; 
upper mandible, dusky brown, shading into a greyish blue 
towards its junction with the cere; lower mandible, bluish grey, 
tipped with dusky brown; legs and feet, dirty yellowish white ; 
claws, black. 
