110 PALLAS' S SEA EAGLE. 
The eggs vary from 2.55 to 3 inches long, and from 2.02 to 2.27 
in breadth, but the average of twenty-six eggs measured was 2.77 by 
2.18.* 
I shall give the description by M. Schlegel, of Eversmann's specimen 
of F. leucoryphus , Pallas, and then that of the specimen labelled H. 
macei in the Norwich Museum, from which my figure was taken. M. 
Schlegel says, "Length twenty-four inches and a half; wings one foot 
ten inches; tail eleven inches; tarsus three inches and a half; middle 
toe, without claw, two inches. Figure, beak, feet, and organization 
that of Ii. macei. Beak blackish; general colour of the plumage earthy 
brown, paler on the inferior parts. Feathers, particularly the wing 
coverts, with a light border; those of the head and neck fringed with 
yellowish brown. Region of the ears, and a large streak, which is 
prolonged hence to the neck, blackish brown. Greater coverts of the 
wings and tail black; tail varied with white the first half of its length; 
tail coverts pale brown, relieved by some whitish spots. Feet yellow- 
ish; claws blackish. Tail insensibly rounded at its extremity." 
An adult male, marked H. macei, from the Himalayas, in the Norwich 
Museum, has the crown of the head, nape, scapularies, upper part of 
back, and all the under parts except the throat, cinnamon brown, 
darker on the belly and thighs. Throat and forehead dirty white; 
wings black brown; tail white, each feather being for about two inches 
from the end black. Cere and legs yellowish brown. 
The female is much larger, but the plumage nearly the same as the 
male, except that the back is darker, and the white on the throat 
more dirty. 
An immature female is nearly unicolorous, dark cinnamon brown, 
with white patches on the back and wings. Tail entirely black. 
My figure of this bird's egg is from a specimen taken by Mr. Brooks 
in India, and was kindly lent to me by Dr. Crowfoot, of Beccles. 
* Mr. Hume's "My Scrap Book," Part 1., No. 2., p. 257. 
