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AQUILA POMAEINA. 



(LESSER SPOTTED EAGLE.) 



i. Spotted Eagle, Lath. Syn. i. p. 38. no. 15 (1781). 



%Falco maculatus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 258 (1788). 



Aquila ncevia, Wolf, Taschenb. deutsch. Vogelk. i. p. 19 (1810, nee Gm.). 



Aqitila planga, Vieill. Encycl. Meth. iii. p. 1190 (1823, partim). 



Aquila pomarina, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 27 (1831). 



Aquila fuscoatra, C. L. Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 10 (1855). 



Aquila subneevia, C. L, Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 10 (1855). 



Aquila pomarina, L. Brehm, Allg. deutsch. naturh. Zeit. ii. p. 18 (1856). 



Aquila assimilis, L. Brehm, Allg. deutsch. naturh. Zeit. ii. p. 20 (1856). 



Aquila maculata (Gm.), Dresser, Ann. Nat. Hist. xiii. p. 373 (1874). 



Aquila rufonuchalis, W. E. Brooks, Stray Feathers, iv. p. 269 (1875). 



Aquila ncevia auctt. partim. 



Aigle tachete, French ; Aquila anatraja, Italian ; Schreiadler, German ; Skrigom, Danish. 



FigurcB notabiles. 



Werner, Atlas, Eapaces, pi. 18; Kjserb. Orn. Dan. taf. 1, and Suppl. taf. 1; Fritsch, Vog. 

 Eur. taf. 6. fig. 3, taf. 8. fig. 4; Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 10, 11 ; Gould, B. of Eur. 

 pi. 8 ; Susemihl, Vog. Eur. taf. 20 \ 



6 ad. sordide fuscus, plumis pallidiore marginatis : pileo et nucha, pallide fusco-cervinis : remigibus et rec- 

 tricibus nigro-fuscis, rectricibus externis saturate cinereo apicatis et indistincte transfasciatis : tarsi 

 plumis sordide fuscis, pallidiore notatis : rostro corneo, cera et pedibus flavis : iride flavo-fusca. 



2 ad. mari similis sed major et ubique saturathis colorata. 



Juv. saturate chocolatino-fuscus, corpore supra vix purpureo nitente : pileo et collo postico rufeseente ochraceo 

 guttatis : nucha plaga magna rufescenti-ochracea notata, : dorso et tectricibus alarum minoribus 

 rufeseente ochraceo guttatis : tectricibus alarum majoribus et scapularibus versus apicem conspicue 

 cinereo guttatis : remigibus nigricantibus vix purpureo tinctis, secundariis nigro-fuscis versus apicem 

 maculis griseis irregulariter ovatis notatis : cauda, nigricante griseo lavata et cinereo apicata : uropygio 

 ochraceo maculato : supracaudalibus ochraceo-albo terminatis : corpore subtus saturate chocolatino- 

 fusco, rufeseente ochraceo striato : tarsis fuscis, vix ochraceo-albido notatis : subcaudalibus ochraceo- 

 cervinis. 



Adult Male (Danzig) . General colour dark earth-brown, but the edges and tips of the feathers are worn 

 and faded to light brown, the crown and nape being pale creamy brown ; quills and tail blackish brown, 

 the outer tail-feathers tipped with dark grey, and showing very indistinct traces of lighter bars ; tarsal 

 feathers dull brown slightly intermixed with lighter brown; bill dark horn; cere wax-yellow; iris 



