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matter, but is a good deal soiled from the green leaves which formed the inner lining of the nest ; 

 the inside membrane is sap-green." 



My friend the late Mr. E. Seidensacher published in the ' Transactions ' of the Zoological 

 and Botanical Society of Vienna for 1862 some excellent notes on the breeding of this bird in 

 Styria, which, however, are too long to translate in ewtenso. He says that it arrives at its 

 breeding-haunts about the middle of March ; and then three or four might be seen soaring over 

 the nesting-places ; but some days later only one pair remained ; and it appears that only the one 

 pair ever bred in that district. When in company with Seidensacher at Cilli, in Styria, in 1866 

 I obtained its egg on the 13th April, and possess another also taken out of the same nest on 

 the 21st April, 1863, by Mr. Seidensacher, and one obtained in Spain on the 21st May, 1872, 

 by Lord Lilford's collector. All these eggs are white, with a pale bluish tinge, unspotted, 

 roundish in shape, and have a rather rough granulated shell, somewhat resembling that of the 

 Sea-Eagle's egg. In size they vary from 2f-§ by 2^ inch to 2f § by 2^%- inch. 



The specimens figured are : — on the one Plate an adult female from Genoa, and a young bird 

 from Spain ; and on the second Plate an old male from India and a nestling, in the British 

 Museum, from Tunis, these being the specimens described. 



In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens : — 



E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 



a, 6 ad. Secunderabad, India, b, ? ad. Genoa, August 30th, 1869. c, 6 juv. Spain, August {Major Irby). 

 d. Deccan, Central India, September ] 868 (H. Feilden) . 



E Mus. J. H. Gurney, jun. 

 a, d . Spain, April 22nd, 1870 {Irby) . b, ? . Secunderabad, India. 



E Mus. Howard Saunders. 

 a,6,b,2. Coto del Rey, Seville, April 12th (shot from nest) {H. S.) . c, $ juv. Granada, August 1872 {H S.) . 



E. Mus. 6. E. Shelley, 

 a, 6 ad. Nubia, April 7th, 1870 {G. E. S.). 



E Mus. Brit. Beg. 



a, d • MontpeUier {Baron Laugier de Chartreuse), b, ? ad. Italy. c,pullus. Tunis {Fraser). d,juv. Bogos 

 Land {Esler) . e, 6 ad. Mount Carmel {H. B. Tristram) . f, ? ad. India (/. R. Reeves) . g, 2 ad. Kattiawar, 

 India {Capt. J. Hayes Lloyd), h. Madras {Dr. Jerdon). i. Behar. k. Nepal {B. H. Hodgson). 



