BOOTED EAGLE. 105 
white mark on the shoulder, and the cere and feet are of a lead colour 
instead of a yellowish olive. It was discovered by Gould on the Upper 
Hunter, and is described by him as Aquila morphnoldes . There is a 
specimen in the magnificent collection in the Norwich Museum, but it 
is an exceedingly rare bird in European collections. Mr. Gurney 
writes, "The Australian bird, (A. morphnoides , Gould,) though nearly 
allied, is unquestionably a distinct species, as may be seen by the 
sjDecimens in the British and Norwich Museums," Heuglin describes 
the bare skin round the eyes of the Booted Eagle in N.E. Africa 'as 
of a pale yellow, the iris between a clear brownish yellow and ochreous ; 
in the young birds a clear umber. With regard to Heuglin's state- 
ment, as to the birds seen by Dr. Leith Adams, I have this gentleman's 
authority for saying, that it is very likely he ivas mistaken, as he only 
saw the birds on the wing through a glass. 
My figure of the egg of this bird is from one of the specimens 
mentioned by Mr. Savile Beid as captured at Gibraltar. It is in my 
own collection. 
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