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AQUILA NIPALENSIS. 



(STEPPE-EAGLE.) 



Aquila bifasciata, J. E. Gray, 111. Ind. Zool. i. pi. 17 (1832, nee Brehm). 



Aquila nipalensis, Hodgs. Asiat. Res. xviii. pt. 2, p. 13, pi. 1 (1833). 



Aquila ncevia, var., Eversmann, Journ. fur Orn. 1853, p. 61. 



"Aquila clanga, Pall.," Cabanis, torn. cit. p. 61, footnote (nee Pallas). 



Aquila orientalis, Cabanis, Journ. fiir Orn. 1854, p. 369. 



"Aquila jpallasii, A. Brehm," L. Brehm, Allg. deutsch. naturh. Zeit. ii. p. 10 (1856). 



Aquila mogilnik bifasciata, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Aquila;, p. 3 (1862). 



Aquila imperialis, Jerdon, B. of India, i. p. 57 (1862, partim). 



Aquila noevia (var. orientalis major), Radde, Reis. im Siid. von Ost-Sib. ii. p. 90 (1863). 



Aquila ncevia (var. bifasciata), Radde, torn. cit. p. 90 (1863). 



Aquila ncevioides, J. H. Gurney, Ibis, 1870, p. 68 (nee Cuv.). 



Aquila amurensis, Swinh. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 338. 



Aquila mogilnik, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. Accipitres, p. 240 (1874, nee Gm.). 



Podorlik, Russian; Karageush, Bashkir; Kondozmer-varesh, Ziranin. 



Figurce notabiles. 

 Gray, I. c. ; Hodgson, I. c. 



6 ad. corpore supra sordide et pallide brunneo in nucha vix pallidiore et pileo saturatiore : scapularibus et 

 secundariis intimis saturate brunneis : remigibus nigro-fuscis, primariis ad basin et secundariis in 

 pogonio interno griseo marmoratis, his vix pallide brunneo apicatis : tectricibus alarum dorso con- 

 coloribus, sed nonnullis pallidiore marginatis : uropygio sordide brunneo, plumis fere omnibus pallide 

 fulvido marginatis : supracaudalibus albis brunueo notatis, lateralibus rufescente lavatis : cauda nigro- 

 fusca indistincte griseo transfasciata, et pallide brunneo apicata : corpore subtus pallide brunneo, in 

 abdomine imo pallidiore et vix rufescente adumbrate : subalaribus rufescenti-brunneis, inferioribus 

 albidis vix griseo marmoratis : subcaudalibus brunnescenti-isabellinis vix rufescente tinctis : cera et 

 pedibus pallide flavis : rostro plumbescenti-corneo : iride bruunea. 



? mari similis, sed major. 



Juv. corpore supra et subtus saturate fusco, vix purpurascente tincto : mento et abdomine imo vix pallidioribus, 

 et pileo saturatiore : supracaudalibus ochrascenti-cervinis : remigibus ut in adulto coloratis, sed primariis 

 vix et secundariis valde rufescente isabellino terminatis : tectricibus alarum majoribus conspicue eodem 

 colore terminatis, et tectricibus medianis nonnullis eodem colore apicatis : cauda ut in adulto, sed rufes- 

 cente ochraceo valde terminata : subalaribus sordide et saturate brunneis rufescente ochraceo apicatis : 

 subcaudalibus sordide rufescenti-ochraceis. 



Adult Female (Volga, May) . Upper parts pale dull earth-brown, rather paler on the nape, but darker on 

 the crown; scapulars and inner secondaries darker, some of the latter, which are evidently fresh- 



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