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. 4, AQUILA IMPERIALIS, Bechst. 
Aquila imperialis, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 10. no. 12; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 14. 
“a. &. Zoulla. March 8rd, 1868. 
__A very interesting specimen. It has not yet assumed the full livery, but has the 
black plumage mixed with some brown feathers, and on the shoulders a white patch is 
already visible. Not before recorded from the Abyssinian coast-land.—0O. F. 
[This was the only specimen seen or obtained by me, and was shot at Zoulla. It 
measured 6 ft. 54 in. from tip to tip of the wings, and 2 ft. 5 in. from the tip of the 
beak to the extremity of the tail. Contents of stomach, birds. Iris brownish yellow 
or stone-colour; cere greenish ; beak bluish horn-colour ; legs and feet yellow; talons 
nearly black.—W. J] 
5. AQUILA RAPAX, Temm. 
Aquila nevioides, Cuv.; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 16. 
albicans, Riipp. Neue Wirbelth. t. 18; Brehm, Reise nach Habesch, p. 206. 
rapax, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. pp. 7,10. no. 15; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no.18; Brehm, Reise nach 
Habesch, p. 206; Finsch & Hartl. Végel Ostafr. p. 44. no. 8. 
senegalla, Heugl. Faun. d. Roth. Meer. no. 7. 
substriata, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 19. 
a. 2. Senafé. April 1868. 
b. 3. Senafé. April 1868. 
ce. d. Senafé. April 1868. 
d. 2. Rayrayguddy. April 27th, 1868 (no. 489). 
e. d. Rayrayguddy. April 27th, 1868 (no. 407). 
f. 6. Gabena-Weldt-Gonfallon, August 6th, 1868 (no. 1592). 
g Mohaber. July 9th, 1868 (no. 1518). 
h. 3. Maragaz. July 27th, 1868 (no. 1028). 
The fine series of specimens in Mr. Jesse’s collection shows every gradation in colour, 
from pale brown (as in A. albicans, Riipp.) to dark brown. The male specimen (e) i is 
throughout blackish brown, as in A. nevic, excepting some of the upper tail-coverts, 
which are pale ochre-brown. Other specimens are light ochre-brown mixed with dark 
brown, especially on the shoulders. A. rapax is very nearly allied to our A. nevia, but 
is distinguished by the shorter tarsus and the elliptically shaped nostrils, which are 
situated perpendicularly, as in A. clanga, Pall. 
‘ Long. al. Cand. Culm. Rostr. a rict. Tars. Dig. inter. 
No.l, @ « = « 19" 19! 16" gn yu 3! gi Qn gm 
18 103 16} 2°3 3 2 2 0 
20 10 — <= 32 2 3.—O0.F. 
[No. 489, 2. Iris brown; cere yellow; beak almost black; legs feathered to the 
foot; feet yellow; talons black. 
