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The immature bird above described (no. 1) resembles very closely, indeed, the young male from the 

 Dobrudscha, being in precisely the same stage of plumage. On the label of this specimen is a note to 

 the effect that it was sent by Dr. Cullen, who states that it was trapped on its nest — which was placed 

 on the ground at the foot of a rock, and contained two eggs. I think, however, with all deference to 

 Dr. Cullen, that some error must exist ; for in the first place I greatly doubt if the Imperial Eagle ever 

 breeds in this, the first stage of plumage, and then it has, to my knowledge, never been known to place 

 its nest on the ground. Dr. Bree, through whom the bird was sent, and who possesses the two eggs, 

 has most kindly given me all the information he received with them, from which it appears that Dr. 

 Cullen did not himself take the bird and eggs, but they were obtained for him by his Tartar servant, 

 which may account for the statement, these natives being seldom altogether trustworthy. The 

 following is a table of measurements of thirteen specimens of this Eagle examined by me; and I may 

 remark that the specimen in Canon Tristram's collection had the beak and tarsus damaged. This 

 gentleman's three other birds I unfortunately returned without having kept any record of their 

 measurements : — 



Mus. H. E. D. 



Norv. 





Sex. 



Locality. 



Cuhnen. 



Height 



of bill 



at base. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Tarsus. 



Middle 



toe 



without 



claw. 









inches. 



inch. 



inches. 



inches. 



inches. 



inches. 



Spec 



. a } 6 ad. 



Bulgaria. 



2-85 



1-2 



23-5 



11-6 



3-9 



2-2 



}i 



b } 6 ad. 



India. 



27 



1-2 



227 



12-0 



35 



2-3 



j) 



a ) <$ j uv - 



No. 1. India. 



2-7 



1-25 



24-0 



130 



3-5 



2-2 



)) 



b, c? ad. 



„ 3. do. 



2-8 



1-25 



22-0 



12-4 



35 



2-0 



}} 



e, ?. 



„ 2. do. 



2-85 



1-25 



230 



12-5 



3-5 



2-2 



}> 



d, $. 



„ 4. do. 



2-9 



1-25 



23-0 



12-5 



3-6 



2-5 



)) 



e, 2 ad. 



„ 5. do. 



2-9 



1-25 



24-0 



13-5 



36 



23 



>) 



f> <3 juv. 



Dobrudscha. 



2-75 



1-25 



23-7 



130 



3-8 



2-35 



3) 



a, <3 ad. 



Abyssinia. 



2-7 



1-2 



22-5 



12-0 



37 



2-1 



)} 



a, juv. 



India ? 



2-8 



1-25 



23-0 



125 



34 



23 



3> 



a, (3 ad. 



Hungary. 



2-75 



1-2 



22-5 



11-6 



4-0 



2-2 



>} 



a, juv. 



Macedonia. 



2-8 



1-2 



22-5 



11-6 



36 



2-0 



>> 



a, juv. 



Lebanon. 



. . 



1-2 



235 



12-7 



. . 



2-15 



„ Walden 



„ Lilford 



„ Htigel. 



„ Buckley 



„ Tristram 



This, the eastern of the two species which have been hitherto confused together under the name 

 of Imperial Eagle, is found throughout Southern Europe, except on the Iberian peninsula, in 

 Northern Africa, and eastward extending throughout India into China. It has not yet been met 

 with in Great Britain, Scandinavia, or Northern Eussia ; but Tyzenhaus states that it has occurred 

 in Lithuania. It is only a very rare straggler to Northern Germany. Mr. W. Liihder observed 

 a pair in Pomerania, near Greifswald, in the month of April, and supposed that they may have 

 bred there ; but I scarcely think that this could have been the case, as it does not breed in Europe, 

 excepting in the southern portions of the continent. A specimen obtained in Pomerania is said 

 to be in the Konigsberg Museum ; and Gloger records it as having been procured near Breslau. 

 In Southern France, according to Jaubert and Barthelemy-Lapommeraye, it has occurred several 

 times ; and on referring to the plate of the bird in the work published by those gentlemen, there 

 appears no doubt that the species is the present one, and not the White-shouldered or Spanish 

 Imperial Eagle. Salvador! doubts the fact of its ever having occurred in Italy, or on any of the 

 islands, and states that he has never been able to find a single native specimen in any Italian 



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