74 IMPERIAL EAGLE. 
lection of Dr. Crowfoot, of Beccles, who has kindly lent it to me. I 
have a very fine skin from the Dobrudsha, but it is unfortunately too 
much injured to copy. I endeavoured to get a fine European speci- 
men, but unfortunately Baron Von Hiigel had presented it to the 
British Museum, and my application to that public institution for the 
loan of the skin was not conceded. The upper egg in the plate is 
typical, and was sent me by Dr. Cullen. The lower one is a beautiful 
variety from the collection of Mr. Farman, and was also taken in the 
Dobrudsha. 
Since the above was written, Dr. Cullen writes me word that his 
Tartar has captured two more Striated Eagles, — one of them sitting 
upon two eggs, which were laid in a nest upon a ledge of rock. Dr. 
Cullen describes these eggs as similar to those before sent, one of 
whichis figured. His statement of size, however, entirely places Aquila 
ncevioides out of the question. I shall have an opportunity in the 
preface of giving the result of the examination of these skins and 
eggs. Aquila ncevioides has no claim to European rank, and will be 
left out in the present edition. 
