CULLEN' S TAWNY EAGLE. 
Rapaces — Diurnje. 
FALCONIDAE. 
Genus — Aquila. (Brisson.) 
CULLEN'S TAWNY EAGLE. 
Aquila Culleni. 
Aquila Culleni, Nobis. 
Specific Characters. — General plumage tawny. Primaries black brown. 
Tarsi clothed. Bill very strong. No bars on tail. In confinement very 
silent. Length of specimen supposed to be a female, in the Antwerp Zoolo- 
gical Gardens, thirty-one inches and one fifth (seventy-eight centimetres, 
Prof. Vanden-nest). 
In the year 1868 Dr. Cullen, of Kustendji, sent a tawny-looking 
Eagle to the Zoological Gardens of Antwerp. It was then three 
years old. Dr. Cullen frequently mentioned this bird to me during 
my correspondence with him about the Striated Eagles; and I wrote 
last year requesting the Director to send me a description of the 
bird. Not receiving any answer from this gentleman, I wrote again 
this year, requesting him to hand my letter to some zoologist con- 
nected with the gardens, and the result was the following obliging 
letter : — ■ 
"Antwerp, August 26, 1874. 
" Sir, — In reply to your much honoured letter of the 5th. 
instant, I have to inform you that the Eagle which. Dr. Cullen, of 
Kustendji, gave to our society about four years ago is in perfect 
condition, and that it is really the species Aquila ncevioides. 
"The following is its description. Length seventy-eight centimetres. 
YOL. I. N 
