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LaufJ, and the long oval nostrils, which in Aquila ncevia are almost 
circular." 
Whether Aquila Cutteni will prove to be distinct from Aquila 
ncevioides in habits as well as structure cannot be said as yet with 
certainty. At the same time I hope we shall be spared that small 
criticism which only sees realities in its own creations, and which talks 
about the scientific world not accepting a name which the said world 
ought to be too glad to be provided with, for designating what it 
would otherwise be unable to distinguish. 
The figure of this bird is that of the specimen in the Zoological 
Gardens of Antwerp, sent to me with the characteristic feather of the 
bird by Professor Vanden-nest. 
