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breadth; the texture is fine, and the lining pure sea-green, In _ 
colour the eggs are greyish-white, more or less spotted with 
brown and reddish-brown ; sometimes the markings are bright and 
well defined, but as a rule they are not richly coloured. 
Neemuch, 20th November to 2nd March. H. H. Barnes. 
Too common for further details. 
30.—THE LONG-LEGGED EAGLE. 
Aquila hastata, Less. 
Mr, J. epee C.S., has kindly furnished me with the follow- 
ing note :— 
“This was the common eagle of Central Mysore, and no doubt 
“extends northwards into the Belgaum district. I took a nest in 
‘Mysore on the 13th March 1877, which contained one very bril- 
‘jiantly coloured egg. The bird which I shot would have laid 
“another the next day; the nesthad apparently been a large one, 
“but was blown down, and the egg was laid on a heap of sticks, not 
“as big as an ordinary nest of the Shikra; it was in a fork and 
* not in the branches of a tree.” 
338.—THE CRESTLESS HAWK EAGLE. 
Nisdétus fasciatus, Gm. 
The Crestless Hawk Eagle occurs throughout the district, but is 
nowhere common. They breed principally during December and 
January, but eggs are occasionally found early and later. They 
nest, as a rule, on ledges of rocky clifis, which are often very difficult 
of access, owing to the site chosen being under a projecting crag, but 
sometimes they breed on trees. Thenest when ona cliff is a small 
one, but when on a tree it is of an enormous size; it is composed of 
sticks lined with green leaves. The eggs, two in number, are 
moderately broad ovals, measuring 2°75 inches in length by about 
2 in breadth; they are pale greyish-white in colour, sometimes 
unspotted, but are generally thinly marked with yellowish or 
reddish-brown spots. They are seldom if ever richly- coloured. 
This bird does not use the same nest yearly; it seems to have two 
or three eyries in the same neighbourhood, and breeds in one of them. 
Sholapur, 15th January. J. Davidson, 0. 8. 
Khandesh, 24th Dec. to 5th January. (Cliffs.) 
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