oriudUM. 



SPOTTED EAGLE. 



AQUILA NjEVIA [J. F. Gmelin). 



Falco nsevius, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 258 (1788). 

 Aquila nseviaj Heivitson, i. p. 18 ; Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 20. 

 Falco clanga, Nauru, xiii. p. 40. 

 Aquila clanga, Dresser, v. p. 499. 



Aigle tachete, Aigle criard, French ; Schrei-Adler, German ; 

 Aguila pintada, Valencia. 



Few European birds have caused more discussion and 

 confusion amongst ornithologists than the Spotted 

 Eagle and its close congeners ; I have no wish to add 

 any elements for argument on this well-worn subject, 

 and will therefore only state that, in my own opinion, 

 we have in Europe only one true species of the Eagle 

 that is called " Spotted," although I am perfectly ready 

 to admit that this species may be fairly divided into 

 two separate forms or races. 



My business here is to give representations of Spotted 

 Eagles obtained in this country, and with this object I 

 have chosen two specimens of (probably) about the same 

 age, obtained in October and November 1S91, in Essex 

 and Suffolk respectively, and differing widely in plumage. 



Mr. H. Saunders, in his most useful ' Manual,' 



