116 SHORT-TOED EAGLE. 
"dirty flesh-colour/' (Draper;) "pale earthy greyish brown/' (Hume.) 
Iris brilliant yellow. 
The adult female has less white on the head, neck, and inferior parts; 
vertex brown; spots more numerous on the chest and abdomen. 
Young birds of the year reddish brown on the head, neck, and 
chest; spots on the belly closer together; base of all the feathers white, 
as in the adult; feet greyish or livid. — (Degland.) 
The egg figured is from my own collection, and is one of those 
taken by Mr. Savile Heid at Gibraltar. I have a similar egg sent me 
by the late^Herr Siedensacher from Styria. 
